BellSouth Ends Year on DSL High Note
By Matt Stump -- Multichannel News, 1/3/2002 8:58:00 AM
BellSouth Corp. surpassed its digital-subscriber-line goal for 2001, announcing Thursday that it had 620,500 customers at year-end.
That total exceeded its subscriber target of 600,000.
The company saw a huge run-up with 157,000 fourth-quarter additions, in sharp contrast to DSL-contraction talk from Qwest Communications International Inc. and SBC Communications Inc.
'We're very pleased,' said Ralph de la Vega, outgoing president of BellSouth's broadband and Internet-services group. 'It's the best quarter we've ever had.'
He attributed the growth to several factors, including 'simplifying the ordering and installation process.'
The company also saw a spurt of traffic due to its free modem and one-month-free offer, he added.
And the regional Bell operating company 'probably did get a little bit of a lift' from the problems associated with Excite@Home Corp., he said.
BellSouth said 70 percent of its customers can now receive DSL service.
De la Vega said the company remains on track to reach its year-end-2002 targets of 1.1 million subscribers and 76 percent DSL coverage.
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