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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here

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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4158)6/13/1999 5:29:00 PM
From: MikeM54321  Read Replies (2) of 12823
 
Re: Paradyne as a DSL Play

Raymond,
Well that was very interesting news about mPHASE. Looks like my spek-u-lating as to their big bold claims may have been accurate.

But onto the next one. Paradyne. Now this one has already gotten my attention a few weeks back thanks to DenverTechie. Coincidently Paradyne is located only miles from where I live. Here's a very short history.

I've been following them right from the times George Wiggins got caught, "cooking the box," for a Federal Social Security Administration contract. It made the headlines locally everyday. Paradyne was one of the leaders in those good old acoustical couplers we used to use to connect to the University's mainframe. We used to dial in manually, listen for the screech, and slap down the rubber cups on a receiver. We thought that was the coolest thing.

Then Paradyne changed directions and wanted to get into the box making business and literally rigged one up with phony flashing lights and all. Then they got the big SSA contract and a competitor cried foul and all hell broke lose. They went downhill ever since then until AT&T (or maybe it was Lucent by then?) bought them out of bankruptcy. And just a few years back, Lucent sold them to some Texans.

BTW, while doing DD on Paradyne, I ran across yet ANOTHER DSL chipmaker. There are so many, I'm losing interest in that sector. It turns out that Lucent sold only the DSL equipment stuff to the Texas group but LU still owns the DSL silicon division. It's called,_____. Well I can't find it now? But from what I recall, they makes chips for every flavor of DSL available! But it's part of Lucent in case anyone is interested.

What I'm focusing on specifically is Paradyne's answer to the distance problem. Their Hotwire MVL(Multiple Virtual Line) DSL product. They have a lot of products. Here's the link that has got me interested:
paradyne.com

Any comments appreciated, both pro and con.
MikeM(From Florida)
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