CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB
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Volume L December 13, 1999 12:00 NOON
Number 45 CSTCC Faculty Dining Room
4501 Amnicola Highway

THIS WEEK________________________________________________________________
This is our annual spouse day luncheon. We will introduce our year 2000
officers:
Ed Chapin, President; Lulu Copeland,, 1st Vice President; Uwe Zitzow, 2nd
Vice President, Phil Kazemersky, Treasurer; and Mike Ingram, Secretary.
Jim Barrott, Dean of Engineering, Environmental, and Fire Science Technology
at Chattanooga State, will welcome us to Chattanooga State. The Chattanooga
State Jazz Ensemble will entertain us.
The Faculty Dining Room is located in the Omniplex Building, which is the
central building as you approach the Amnicola Highway campus. Please follow
the visitor sign to the security guard station. CSTCC security personnel
will provide directions to the dining room and parking.
Map and other information on Chattanooga State can be found at
www.cstcc.cc.tn.us.

LAST WEEK________________________________________________________________
Ellen Lail and Jason Tatum of BellSouth Business presented "Turn your phone
line in a super-fast means of electronic transfer." ADSL (Asymmetrical
Digital Subscriber Line) Service is a new technology that supplies three
separate frequency channels over the same phone line. Phone conversations
are carried on one channel, while data from an Internet Service Provider or
Network Service Provider to the user is transferred downstream on another
channel. The third channel carries data upstream from the user. The
combined voice/data service can keep residential and business
personal-computer users connected to the Internet around the clock using
their existing phone lies.
The combination of the voice and data frequencies on the same line allows
customer to chat on the phone while utilizing the Internet at the same time.
The most exciting feature of ADSL technology is its capability of
transmitting downstream information 30-100 times faster than the ordinary
28.8 kbps modem. The high speed phone line is a necessity for companies and
individuals that wish to transfer large files, such as graphics, vidio clips,
medical records, x-rays, financial data, insurance information, CAD
documents, or software upgrades over the net.
FastAccess was first introduced to Atlanta, Jacksonville, Birmingham, New
Orleans, Charlotte, Raleigh, and the Fort Lauderdale/South Florida area, and
23 additional cities, including Chattanooga, by the end of 1999.
Suibscribers will have to be within 18,000 feet to one of the BellSouth
switching center. Currently, in our area, the service is only available to
metro Chattanooga; additional networks are being deployed. More switching
centers will be housed in various locations in early 2000. ADSL is available
with other ISP services. BellSouth has partnered or provided line access to
other providers. However, the FastAccess Internet Service is available only
from BellSouth.
Please visit www.bellsouth.net/external/adsl for more information. The site
offers some service comparison, rate information, and a web page to check if
the service is available to your phone number.

COMING PROGRAMS___________________________________________________

January 3 - Ed Chapin, A Y2K Report Card
January 10 - Annie Hall, Hamilton County School Board, K - 12 education
January 17 - John Van Winkle, City Traffic Dept., on new red light camera.
January 24 - Ann Coulter, Technologies and City Planning
January 31- Fieldtrip, Tyner High School

This is our last bulletin of 1999.
CEC executive committee would like to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.