BellSouth affirms high-speed Internet subscriber estimates for 2002
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Posted 10:34AM on Friday, January 4, 2002
ATLANTA - BellSouth Corporation said Friday it had exceeded its 2001 goal of reaching 600,000 customers for its high-speed DSL Internet service and that it will nearly double the number of subscribers by year's end. <br>
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The regional telecommunications giant finished 2001 with 620,500 digital subscriber line customers, about 20-thousand more than BellSouth's forecast. <br>
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In a conference call with analysts, BellSouth's president of broadband and Internet services, Ralph de la Vega, said the company plans to have 1.1 million DSL customers by December 31st. <br>
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The company added 405,500 DSL subscribers last year, with more than 157,000 in the fourth quarter. Company spokesman David Blumenthal said the year-end surge was spurred by promotional offers and aggressive marketing aimed at switching cable modem users to DSL. <br>
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The company's DSL service is available to 70 percent of residents in its nine-state region. Atlanta-based BellSouth plans to have DSL accessible in 76 percent of the region by November.
