Appendix C. Service Providers
| Company | Service | URLs | Stock Ticker |
|---|---|---|---|
| @Home | Systems integrator to provide data services over HFC networks | www.home.net | ATHM |
| Adelphia | Cable MSO | www.adelphia.com | ADLAC |
| Advanced Radio | 38 GHz service provider | www.artelecom.com/ | ARTT |
| Ameritech | Local exchange carrier, cable operator | www.ameritech.com | AIT |
| AT&T | Largest interexchange carrier in the United States, and largest cable operator in the United States | www.att.com | T |
| Bell Atlantic | Local exchange carrier | www.bellatlantic.com | BEL |
| Bell South | Local exchange carrier | www.bellsouth.com | BLS |
| British Telecom | Dominant service provider in the United Kingdom; equity interests in DBS, FTTx trials | www.bt.net | BTY |
| Canal Plus | Cable system in France | www.cplus.fr | |
| Ciena | Fiber optic transport systems | www.ciena.com | CIEN |
| Comcast | Cable MSO, partly owned by Microsoft | www.comcast.com | CMCSA |
| Covad | xDSL service provider | www.covad.com | COVD |
| Cox Communications | Cable MSO | www.cox.com | COX |
| Deutsche Telekom | Dominant telephony provider in Germany and the largest cable MSO in the world | www.dtag.de | DT |
| DF1 | DBS service provider in Germany | www.dfl.de | |
| DirecTV | DBS service provider | www.directv.com | GMH |
| Echostar Communications Corporation | DBS service provider | www.echostar.com | DISH |
| Globalstar | Low earth orbit service provider | www.globalstar.com | GSTRF |
| GTE | Local exchange carrier | www.gte.com | GTE |
| Knology Holdings | Full-service access network provider | www.knology.com | |
| News Corporation | Rupert Murdoch's vertically integrated, global satellite, broadcasting, publishing empire; includes Fox network, New York Post, and British tabloids | www.newscorp.com | NWS |
| Nextlink | Largest holder of LMDS spectrum in the United States | www.nextlink.com | NXLK |
| Northpoint | xDSL service provider | www.northpointcom.com | NPNT |
| NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) | Dominant service provider in Japan; ADSL provider, FTTx trials | www.ntt.co.jp | |
| RCN Corporation | FTTx services | www.rcn.com | RCNC |
| Rhythms | xDSL service provider | www.rhythms.com | RTHM |
| Rogers, Shaw, Cogeco, and other Canadian data/cable services | Cable data services in Canada | www.wave.ca | |
| SBC Communications Inc. | Local exchange carrier. | www.sbc.com | SBC |
| Speedus | LMDS service provider, formerly CellularVision | www.speedus.com | SPDE |
| Sprint | Interexchange carrier, MMDS spectrum holder | www.sprint.com | FON |
| Teledesic Corporation | Low earth orbit service provider | www.teledesic.com | |
| Time Warner | Second-largest cable MSO in the United States; content owned includes Warner Brothers, Castle Rock, Turner, TNT Broadcasting, Hanna Barbera, Time, Life, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated, and others. | www.pathfinder.com www.timewarnercable.com | TWX |
| US West | Local exchange carrier. | www.uswest.com | USW |
| Videotron | Cable system in Canada; owner of Wavepath | www.videotron.ca | |
| Wavepath | Internet service provider using MMDS | www.wavepath.com | |
| Winstar | 38 GHz service provider | www.winstar.com | WCII |
| Worldcom/MCI/Uunet | Interexchange carrier, MMDS spectrum holder | www.wcom.com | WCOM |
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