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To: Clark Wang who wrote (1176)	11/13/1996 12:52:00 PM
From: Mark Cobey	of 61433

Clark, AT&T Paradyne is a very old name brand in leased line modems. Their market share has been shrinking. However, they are still defending their territories. I have no concrete data about their current market shares. The AT&T Lucent has pretty good modem chips covering up to 33.6kbps. They focus on a few key accounts therefore it is not omnipresent like Rockwell modem chip sets. I think Lucent may really own some valid patents in 56K. I have serious doubts on USR's claim. I think USR is trying to confuse people with protocols and algorithms. My opinion is that protocol shall never be allowed to be granted any patents. SInce it is a base for communication products to talk to each other. A algorithm may allow you to have better SNR, etc, that other people may choose not to adopt but still can set up calls with each other. Mark

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