Pre-face: I dont own TUTS yet..just researching
Here is a post from one of the TUTS thread... from a guy who works in the industry (judging from his other post)
Should help to bring the technology down to layman's terms.
Thuy
I think you are missing a little information. It is true Tut's technology is based on what is
being referred to as XDSL they are the originators of the technology. Dr. Marty
Graham, now retired provessor of Electrical Engineering at Berkeley and Mat Taylor,
one of Marty's most promising graduate students developed the technology and I think
Mary holds the patents; If not Tut acquired them from him.
Based on the original product the company has developed a series of complimentary
products that ultimately form very flexible systems that will be benificial to the RBOCS,
Independent Telephone, Cable, Wireless, Satellite and ISP's. I would classify them as a
deliverer of the last mile and the distribution of digital signals from the sources named
above to the users in, corporations, medical and hospital complexes, other multi-building
or multi-LAN premesis homes, apartments, small businesses, college campuses and
dorms just to metnion a few.
Their products include:
XDSL that will go 1500 FT at 10MB and lower speeds for longer distances. Great
applications as well for the last mile and campuses where copper is strung between
buildings.
The Expresso GS/MDU System:
This is a 19" rack mount card cage that supports saventeen slots that can accept a
SMPT Management card, up to 17 line cards that have 4-8 ports per line card, one or
two Ethernet Switch cards may be used independently or as a redundent pair, one or
two WAN cards which may be used independently or as redundent pair. This product
is ideal for apartments, dormitories, hotels, hospitals etc. ISP's will be the big purchasers
of this product I believe.
The other complimentary product is called Home Run.
This product uses the original technology developed by Marty and Mat to wire up the
home and use the existing twisted pair installed by the builder. It will let you
"simultaniously" use your existing telephone, ISDN service and run a lower speed LAN
throughout your house, apartment or other self contained building.
This LAN can be interfaced to a high speed modem, XDSL, Satellite, Wireless or
Cable. Any of the RJ11 outlets connected the the twisted pair used now become your
LAN connection. I think Tut also makes the PCMCIA card that would replace the NIC
in an Ethernet network. By the way there are around 12 Million homes today that are
prospects for such a product.
Tut is a member of an organization dedicated to building home networks. This
organizations members include: HP, AT&T, Microsoft, Compaq, Licent Technologies
and quite a number of others so it is playing in good company.
I believe Tut is in for a very promising future. If you need more information I suggest you
call one of the underwriters who took them public. This includes Lehman Brothers, Dain
Rauscher Wellis and Solomon Smith Barney and ask for the Tut Prospectus.
The best of luck in your inveatments. |
