ATCC, news from after yesterdays close:
Wednesday March 29, 5:38 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
New Product Offers Solution to Meet
High-Speed Bandwidth Demands
Astrocom's IMUX-2000/4 Aggregates Up to 4 WAN
Data Links to Deliver Data Rates of Up to 8Mbps.
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000--Astrocom Corporation (OTCBB:ATCC - news) announced
today the IMUX-2000/4, the first of a family of MultiLink Access devices (inverse multiplexers) that can aggregate up to
4 serial connections (T1, E1, V.35, DSL etc.) over a singe bundled line. The IMUX-2000 family is designed to meet
exploding WAN bandwidth requirements in business and ISP environments by utilizing existing copper, bridging the
gap between T1 and T3 service.
Bonding up to 4 serial connections, the IMUX-2000/4 will allow users to upgrade their existing T1/E1 lines to higher
bandwidths (up to 8Mbps) without having to install costly T3/E3 lines. The IMUX-2000/4 with an integrated or external
CSU/DSU provides an affordable and scaleable option for applications requiring additional WAN bandwidth without
incurring the cost of a higher speed connection.
Bandwidth aggregation allows increased Internet access speed, load balancing and redundancy (if one line goes down,
the others remain in service). Should one line be lost for any reason, hot swappable individual WAN interface modules
allow real time trouble shooting and repair without interruption of the remaining WAN connections.
``With more than 1.5 million T1 lines in the United States, there are a growing number of companies where existing
copper lines are not meeting the current bandwidth demands,' said Ron Thomas, Astrocom's CEO. ``The IMUX-2000
is positioned to meet these existing demands by allowing users to bridge the gap between T1 and T3 efficiently and cost
effectively.'
The IMUX-2000 is standards compliant and supports Multi-Link PPP and Multi-Link Frame Relay and can be
configured as a bridge or as a router.
Since 1968, Astrocom products have been utilized in hundreds of thousands of installations around the world. These
products are used by private enterprises, health care providers, Internet service providers, and government and
educational entities that require high-speed digital communications links between facilities.
Contact:
Astrocom Corporation, Minneapolis
Ron Thomas
(612) 694-6470
rthomas@astrocorp.com |
