Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: 76703.407@compuserve.com (HamNet) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Questions About Teleports Message-ID: Date: 14 Oct 89 23:58:17 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 450, message 7 of 8 George_Paul writes: >Could someone please help me with information on Teleports. What >relationship do they have to networks? Why should they be used? Are >they useful? Teleports offer alternative local access connections. Two major examples are Teleport-New York (TCNY) and Teleport-Boston (TCB), both members of the Teleport Communications Group (TCG). In both cases, fiber optic local loop networks have been constructed in New York and Boston which provide alternatives to the local exchange companies (New York Telephone and New England Telephone in these cases - both NYNEX companies). The TCG companies offer DS-0 (56/64 kbps), DS-1 (1.544 mbps) and DS-3 (45 mbps) services on their fiber systems serving business customers. Scott Loftesness 76703.407@CompuServe.COM