Verizon In DSL Deal With NorthPoint
News Verizon Communications, which is entering the third day of a strike by 85,000 union members, announced an $800m deal to merge its digital subscriber line business with NorthPoint. On a per share basis, NorthPoint reported a loss of 85 cents a share...
[August 8, 2000, 13:04]
The Day Ahead: Techs Plunging Off Copper Mountain
News In the quarter, Copper Mountain's top four customers were Northpoint at 35 percent, privately held NTS Communications at 14 percent, McLeod USA at 14 percent and Lucent at 12 percent. Northpoint, which is being acquired by Verizon, won't spend as...
[October 18, 2000, 12:44]
Passive Optical Networks Bring Broadband To The Local Loop
White Papers Meanwhile, new DSL-focused providers like Northpoint and Rhythms NetConnections, and wireless carriers like Teligent and Winstar aim to challenge the incumbents by aggressively targeting small and medium-sized businesses and focusing on customer...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Why DSL Will Win The Fast-access Fight Part 2
News Independent providers such as NorthPoint, Covad and Rhythms NetConnections are making an end-run around the large telcos by offering DSL service and expanding their geographic service areas. Regardless of these shortcomings, the DSL landscape is...
[October 6, 1999, 10:27]
The Day Ahead: ITeX May Brighten Dreary IPO Week
News With companies such as the newly combined Verizon and NorthPoint, EarthLink and SBC Communications driving demand, there should be a big market for ITeX gear. In a dreary week for initial public offerings, broadband chip maker ITeX could be one of...
[August 18, 2000, 11:52]
MS Plans Broadband Control
News For example, it recently sunk as much as $60 million (£37 million) into DSL provider NorthPoint Communications and $30 million (£19 million) in Rhythms NetConnections, which sells DSL access to corporate customers.
[May 13, 1999, 9:49]
The Day Ahead: DSL Woes Could Derail Telco Growth
News Now that I'm growing weary of the tango with Bell Atlantic support staff -- nice people, bad bureaucracy -- I've made a few calls to local ISPs reselling Covad Communications, Rhythms NetConnections and NorthPoint Communications service.
[May 24, 2000, 11:34]
Microsoft Touts Consumer Benefits Of Broadband Media
News DSL Access: Rhythms NetConnections, NorthPoint Communications, Covad Communications, Jato Communications, and First World Communications. Microsoft and more than 35 of its closest industry pals chose this week's Digital Hollywood conference in LA...
[October 1, 1999, 12:15]
Alcatel-Lucent Has Potential, But Dangers Too
News But the CLECs' infrastructure costs were too high for their low neighbourhood penetrations, and many, such as NorthPoint Communications and Rhythms NetConnections, are in bankruptcy or on the verge. Lucent Technologies last week landed a DSL deal...
[May 29, 2001, 10:47]
