By Daily Press staff
Adelphia is bringing more advanced Internet services to its customers in Santa Monica through enhancements to Adelphia Power Link, the company’s high-speed Internet service, effective March 3.
With the launch, the service will be available to more than 1.4 million households that Adelphia serves in Southern California.
In addition to offering customers the speed and convenience of fiber optic-powered broadband, Adelphia will provide customers with remote access and bigger e-mail boxes on a new state-of-the-art e-mail system.
All Power Link customers will be able to take advantage of a new web-based e-mail system that replaces the old platform. Capacity for storage and downloading e-mail attachments has been increased. Customers can have up to 25 megabytes of storage, and the size of a single e-mail and its attachments can be as large as 10 megabytes. Also, customers are now able to gain access to their e-mail accounts from remote locations via the Internet.
“Remote access,” said Michael Knight, regional marketing director of advanced services for Adelphia of Southern California, “was one of our customers’ top requests. That’s what this advanced service was all about, exceeding our customers’ needs.”
The e-mail service has several other new features such as family mailboxes, vacation messaging and address book features. Adelphia Power Link customers also benefit from a new “Spam Patrol” powered by software leader, Brightmail. This feature automatically filters out unsolicited e-mails, commonly referred to as “Spam.”
The Adelphia Power Page includes an Internet search engine, quick access to e-mail, newsgroups, on-line help and the Internet’s best content. Customers can customize their pages for quick access to their favorite sites.
In response to many Adelphia customer families who are setting up Web sites to share pictures and news with each other, Adelphia is making available to each of its Power Link customers 10 megabytes of personal web space.
To assist beginners with web page design and set-up, Adelphia offers the Power Link “Web Wizard” design tool. Step-by-step instruction is offered to help customers set up a personal Web site. Adelphia also offers packages for the experienced web designer.
Adelphia Communications Corporation, with headquarters in Coudersport, Penn., is the fifth-largest cable television company in the country. It serves 3,500 communities in 32 states and Puerto Rico. It offers analog and digital cable services, high-speed Internet access and other advanced services.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 27, 2003. Read the original PDF.