ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, May 21, 1996 TAG: 9605210106
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
Bell to cut rates for Internet access
Bell Atlantic said it will reduce its rates this summer for Integrated Services Digital Network service, a high-speed service used to connect with the Internet.
Bell said the new rates, which are 15 percent to 86 percent below current prices, will be available to residential customers in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia, pending approval of each state's public-utility commission.
Under the plan, a 20-hour package during the peak time of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. would cost $31, down 40 percent. A 500-hour package would be $120, cut 81 percent. |-Staff report
Tech group develops wireless software
Virginia Tech's Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group has developed an interactive software tool, SMT Plus 1.0, for planning, simulating and installing indoor wireless communications systems. The software was presented recently at a Cellular Telephone Industry Association conference in Dallas, said group director Ted Rappaport.
The software displays signal strength and interference patterns on blueprints to aid in placing wireless base stations. The group also has designed accompanying software tool, Sitebuilder 1.0, to create floor plans for use with the base-station locator software. For more information, call (540)231-2965, or contact the World Wide Web site at http://www.ee.vt.edu/mprg/home.-html. |-Staff report
Defense contracts
Two Western Virginia companies have received contracts from federal defense agencies:
* Fiber and Sensor Technologies Inc. of Blacksburg won a $96,901 contract from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment.
* Drewco Enterprises Inc. of Riner won a $24,621 contract from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem for asbestos abatement in four buildings. |-States News Service
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