Snap, Telcos Eye High-Speed Web Content.
Multichannel News, January, 1999 by FARRELL, MIKE
Snap, the Internet portal co-owned by NBC and CNET Inc., has forged an agreement with three telephone companies and several small cable-television operators to design a Web site specifically for high-speed Internet services.
The new service, called Cyclone, will be available later this quarter, and it will feature rich-media content including news, sports, entertainment, television and music.
Initially, the new Snap site will be carried by telcos such as GTE Corp., Bell Atlantic Corp. and SBC Communications Inc., which provide highspeed Internet access via asymmetrical-digital-subscriber-line technology. Small cable operators participating include EastLink Cable and Triax Telecommunications Co. L.L.C.
EastLink will make the Cyclone...
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