January 9, 2004

AT&T Offers Universities in the Southeast Access to a High-Speed Network in a Deal Worth Millions

By SCOTT CARLSON

A group of research institutions in the Southeast will get access to an advanced, high-speed fiber-optics network over the next decade in a deal with AT&T. The deal could be worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and could give the telecommunications company an early look at innovations developed for the network.

The network, which already exists but is not operational, stretches 8,000 miles, from West Texas through Florida to Northern Virginia. It will be

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