In January 2. ILECs Present Ten-Point Broadband Access Proposal to FCC 5. Sprint ION will be provisioned over dedicated T1, T3 and OC3 access facilities. DSL access is planned for late 1999.
Usage is charged either as a flat monthly fee or with a unit of measure in minutes or megacells.
Eventually, Sprint plans to charge for how the network is used. For communications among sites with Sprint ION services, four service levels will be supported, according to application. The Sprint ION network is based on Cisco's multi-service ATM platform. Further rollouts are planned for Q1 1999. To encourage investment in new infrastructure and improve competition in the local exchange data, the group said unnecessary restrictive regulations should be lessened on the incumbent telephone companies.