AT&T Announces New Internet Connectivity Options Tuesday, August 24, 1993 - part of Press release. The whole one is hard to take on an empty stomach

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

        BASKING RIDGE, N.J -- AT&T today announced new options
that will provide a single-vendor solution for accessing both
the global Internet and enhanced messaging services.  These new
options will be available in the first quarter of 1994 to
customers of AT&T InterSpan(R) Services, AT&T EasyLink Services
and the millions of people worldwide who use the Internet.
        There will be new connections to the Internet from AT&T
InterSpan Frame Relay Services and Information Access Services.
There also will be new connections from AT&T EasyLink Services
to the Internet through AT&T InterSpan Services.
        Customers of InterSpan Services will gain a variety of
convenient, cost-effective options to access the global
Internet.  At the same time, InterSpan customers and all global
Internet users will be able to subscribe to the full range of
messaging services from AT&T EasyLink Services including
electronic mail, text-to-fax delivery and telex, and will be
able to communicate with subscribers of non-Internet commercial
network services worldwide.
        AT&T InterSpan Frame Relay Service customers will have
access to the Internet by simply adding a single permanent
virtual circuit to their existing connections.
        Similarly, InterSpan Information Access Service customers
will be able to access the Internet at speeds ranging from
300 - 14400 bps with a nationwide toll-free, seven-digit
number (950-1ATT).