Internet -Cable

Big River Internet Service, owned by The Millington Telephone Company, was started in October 1996. Big River offers a variety of plans, technical support, customer service, free software and bundled service billing.

Big River Internet Services is located at 4880 Navy Rd. Sales/ Information phone numer is (901) 872-7772. For 24/7 technical support call (901) 872-7774

Some services include:

ADSL: ADSL combines DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology and flat-rate pricing plan to bring you higher speed "always on" dedicated Internet access. DSL from Big River is 50 times faster than a standard modem using an ordinary telephone line. Each Big River DSL account includes multiple free E-mail accounts plus fully licensed Internet Explorer 5.0 and Outlook Express software.

ISDN: Businesses utilize ISDN technology as a lower-cost alternative to Dedicated Leased Line Services.

The advantage of ISDN is relatively low cost with bandwidth speeds reaching 128K. The disadvantage is that 128K is the maximum bandwidth, whereas Dedicated Leased Lines can range from 56K to T3 and beyond.

Big River's Dedicated ISDN Service includes:

• Circuit Sizes of 64K or 128K
• Unlimited Dedicated Access 7 x 24
• SMTP E-mail Gateway Service
• Dedicated Internet E-mail Address

Leased Lines: Businesses utilize Point-to-Point Leased Line Services for a number of reasons, but the primary purpose is the fast transfer of information. A digital circuit is installed at the client's location, and routed to Big River. From there, businesses can connect to the Internet for e-mail, file transfers, voice-over-IP, and the Web.

Big River's Dedicated Leased Line Access Services include:

• Circuit Sizes of 56K to Fractional T3
• Equipment Setup at Client Site and Net Access
• Primary and Secondary Domain Name service Setup
• Allocation of IP Address Space as Necessary
• Guaranteed Availability at 99.9%
• End-to-End Connection Monitoring 24 x 7
• SMTP Mail Services
• E-mail Aliases if necessary
• Domain Name Service Modifications

Cable

Millington also has its own privately owned cable TV service. Millington Cable TV is located at 5115 Easley Street. Phone (901) 872-3600.