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 Summary
of survey for providers
1. Most of the cable companies do not agree with and also do not provide
unbundled access to broadband services. Although half of the telephone companies
agree with unbundled access to broadband services, only one company
provides unbundled access. As for the telecommunications companies, most
of them support unbundled access but only a few of them provide it.
2. A majority of the
providers have had requests for broadband service that they couldn't meet.
3. Besides providing
cable modem, DSL (SDSL, ADSL), telephone modem, providers also offer:
- Fractional T-1
line
- Dedicated 56K ckt.
Connection
- Dedicated access
- MMDS
- Ethernet
- ISDN
- C-dedicated for
Internet access to their customers.
4. Following is a list of companies that
provided with their survey response, hard copies of a listing of their services and prices to
the customers.
- Coldwater Broad
of Public Utilities (517) 279-9531
- Galaxy Networks,
Inc.
- Mpower Communications
(847) 621-1103
- Allendale Telephone
(616) 895-9911
- Peninsula Telephone
Co. (231) 223-4211
- Springport Telephone
Company (517) 857-3100
- D&P Cable,
Inc. (279) 9025
5. Following is a list of companies that
provide web sites of a listing of their services and prices:
- @Link Networks,
Inc http://www.atlinknetworks.com
- Arobas.net http://www.arobas.net
- Bullseye Telecom
http://bullseyetelecom.com
- Charter Communications
http://www.novagate.com
- Charter Communications
http://www.chartermi.net
- City of Hillsdale
Advanced Communication Utility http://www.bpuconnect.com
- CM2.com, Inc http://www.cm2.com
- Coldwater Board
of Public Utilities http://www.cbpu.com
- Eaglenet, Inc.
http://www.egl.net
- ELEC Communications
http://www.elec.net
- Excel Telecommunications,
Inc. http://excel.com
- International Flash,
iFlash http://iflahscom.com
- Internet Central
http://oo.net
- Level 3 Communications,
LLC http://www.level3.com
- Rhythms Links,
Inc. http://www.rhythms.com
- RSL COM U.S.A.,
Inc. http://www.rslcom.com/predserv
- TDS Telecom-Sanfora
http://www.tdsnet.com
- TDS Telecom (Chatham,
CCM, Island, Shiawassee, Wolverine) http://www.tds.net
- Verizon Advanced
Data Inc. http://www.banetworkdata.com
- Verizon North Inc.
and Verizon North Systems http://www.verizon.com/tariffs
- Z-Tel Communications
http://www.myzline.com/products
- Baraga http://www.up.net/services.html
- Message Express
Company http://www.mei.net or http://www.msgexp.net
- Blanchard Telephone
Association http://www.power-net.net
- CLIMAX Telephone
Co. http://www.ctstelecom.com
- Hiawatha Telephone
Company http://www.jamadots.com (web hosting)
- Michigan Bell Telephone
Company d/b/a Ameritech Michigan http://clec.sbc.com and http://www.ameritech.com/corporate/regulator.tariffs_mi.html
- Midway Telephone
Company http://www.jamadots.com (web hosting)
- Ontonagon County
Telephone Company http://www.jamadots.com (web hosting)
- WorldCom (MCImtro
Access Transmission Services, Inc., Brooks Fiber Communication of Michigan,
Inc., and MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.)
small business http://mci.worldcom.com/for_your_small_business/indexp.phtml
residential http://www.mci.world.com/for_your_home/products_services/local/mi_splash.shtml
- Adelphia Business
Solutions of Michigan http://www.adelphia.net
6. Ameritech Michigan notes that upon the full completion of Project Pronto,
it is anticipated that approximately 80% of all SBC end users, across
its 13 state region, will have serving facilities that are DSL capable.
In this service territory, encompassing the same customer or potential
customer base, it is estimated WorldCom only offers broadband access to
less than 1% of these customers.
7. Internet access
providers will keep expanding their companies, facilities and update their
services to serve customers better and provide faster access to the Internet.
The
presentation of providers survey(PowerPoint Format)
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