Article: JATO STARTS HIGH-SPEED DATA SERVICE IN DENVER.(Business)

Byline: Lisa Greim Everitt News Staff Writer

With today's launch of digital subscriber line service in Denver, Jato Communications Corp. takes aim at U S West's virtual lock on the high-speed data market.

The Denver start-up says its DSL footprint serves 60 percent of metro Denver businesses and will expand to 85 percent by the end of August.

Because DSL doesn't work in every situation, ``History would tell us we can hook up 80 percent of those businesses,'' said Brian Gast, Jato's chief executive officer and president.

The company is scrambling to build a 14-state region that maps almost exactly to U S West's service area. Beside ...

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