...year. The new Intel venture comes amid a mad dash by cable and phone companies to upgrade their systems for high-speed Web services. While a third of the nation's homes now have Internet access, most still use a dial-up telephone connection...

...year. The new Intel venture comes amid a mad dash by cable and phone companies to upgrade their systems for high-speed Web services. While a third of the nation's homes now have Internet access, most still use a dial-up telephone connection...