Mr. Smith said that with the easing of restrictions on information services, Bell Atlantic planned to concentrate on providing such services, which include voice mail and information gateways.

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Companies BellSouth will offer a "information gateway" that will allow computer users to tap into a variety of data bases by dialing a single number.

A DDoS attack attempts to flood an information gateway with data exceeding its bandwidth.

Next week the analysts said, the Nynex Corporation plans to introduce its information gateway to computer networks called Infolook that will offer some features similar to the Prodigy system.

It seemed that these molecular structures might be able to function as digital switches - the basic, binary on-off information gateways of modern computing.

The BellSouth Corporation said yesterday that it planned to offer a "public information gateway" that would allow computer users to tap into a variety of data bases by dialing one number from a home telephone line.

Market Will Be Studied Closely BellSouth said that the information gateway would be available immediately in Atlanta, where it expects to attract about 300 residential and business customers.

For customers who regularly use only one service that can already be reached through a local call, BellSouth's information gateway probably will not be perceived as a major attraction.

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