Speed and reliability became the focus. Network Planning Committee chaired by Tom Henderson replaces the Fiber Advisory Committee. 1997-1998 Speed, reliability and ATM are priorities. Phase One of ATM migration deployed. 1 FTE added.
Emphasis is on speed, convergence of voice, video and data.
Phase two of the ATM migration will be deployed. 1 FTE added. Network Planning Committee replaced by Information Technology Executive Committee chaired by Clif Drew. Sixty-seven percent of the CCCC is allocated to network hardware and operation. Revenue from CCCC increases by a small amount each year due to normal growth.