What is Rhythms differentiator in this market, which is becoming increasingly populated with DSL service providers?
Hapka: We’re positioned in the high-performance market. The market today, as young as it is, is becoming segmented. There are two basic segments: pricing and performance. We’re focused on the performance segment, putting many services over a single connection. We’ve got the highest local loop by far–7.1 megabits per second (mbps) downstream and 1.1mbps up. Others peak out at 1mbps. X: What services does the company offer today? Hapka: Today we offer service selection; computer backup; turnkey Internet; PBX extension; power Internet, which includes DSL and Internet access; LAN interconnection between U.S. cities; and content caching. We also now offer DHCP, which stands for dynamic host control protocol. It assigns a few IP addresses for sharing within a company. So people can move around and access the LAN remotely without requiring them to type in configuration codes every time. I should add that we have a fully routed IP network. It can take you directly to the Internet without taki
