[Cu-wireless] big telecomms & wireless:

[Sascha Meinrath]

fyi:

Subject: SBC Offered Wi-Fi/DSL Router before Qwest

By Glenn Fleishman
Special to Wi-Fi Networking News
Permanently archived at <http://wifinetnews.com/archives/003208.html>

[1] Qwest's claim of being first telco to offer DSL/Wi-Fi gateway bundle
contradicted by SBC's offering: Alert reader Chester
Cade, an SBC customer, contacted us to provide details about SBC Yahoo!'s
DSL offering for residential customers noting that
the offer of a $149 or $179 Wi-Fi/DSL router/modem bundle (with $99 off
for service commitment) has been available for
months.

Qwest's [2] press release claims bragging rights: [quote]Qwest is the
first major telecommunications company to offer
customers a wireless-ready modem, and the company also has decided to make
this the standard modem for all of its new DSL
customers.[end quote] The latter part may be true, but it would appear SBC
beat them (quietly) to the punch.

The device that SBC is offering appears to be [3] the HomePortal 1000HW,
which is a DSL router with Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB, and
HomePNA connections built-in.

URLs referenced:
[1] <http://www02.sbc.com/DSL_new/content/1,,4,00.html>
[2] <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040408/lath053_1.html>
[3]
<https://www.sbcdslstore.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.asp?ProductId=1000-400083-007&CategoryId=catMRG>


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