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<<INTERSPEED INC (ISPD)
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Interspeed designs, develops and markets advanced high-speed data communication solutions based on digital subscriber line, or DSL, technology. Our products enable data communication service providers, such as competitive local exchange carriers, Internet service providers and owners of multi-tenant units, or MTUs, to utilize the existing copper wire infrastructure to deliver high speed data access to their customers. We believe we offer the only single platform system that integrates the principal components required to offer DSL service, including signal concentration, routing, switching and network management. Unlike traditional DSL products, our DSL Access Router, or DSLAR, offers our customers a highly scalable and flexible solution at a lower total cost of ownership.
The proliferation of Internet usage, electronic commerce and business use of electronic communication has resulted in a large increase in data transmission by electronic means. We have designed our DSL-based products to alleviate the bottleneck that has occurred due to increased communications traffic over the existing copper wire infrastructure. While there are a number of alternatives that provide connectivity from the service provider central office to the end user, often called the last mile, we believe only DSL technology simultaneously satisfies the demand for high speed performance, cost effectiveness, broad geographic coverage and reliable security.
Service providers increasingly demand cost effective DSL access solutions that enable them to provide high speed data access to small and medium sized business users, MTUs and other organizations at a low total cost of ownership. We designed our System 1000 and System 500 DSLARs specifically to meet this demand. The benefits of our products include:
- HIGH PERFORMANCE SOLUTION. Our DSLAR products provide reliable, secure and symmetric DSL connections at speeds up to 2.3 Mbps.
- SINGLE INTEGRATED SYSTEM. Our DSLAR products integrate a signal concentrator, router and switch into a single platform, in contrast to other DSL equipment vendors whose access concentrator products require the purchase of separate routers and/or switches.
- LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP. We believe our DSLAR products reduce the overall cost of ownership in a DSL access solution because they can be purchased at a lower initial price than individual components, have a smaller footprint, use less power, offer ease of installation and configuration, provide integrated system management, and allow for simpler customer training.
- FLEXIBLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE. Our DSLAR products are designed with a flexible system architecture that allows a variety of our functional line modules to be easily installed into a standard chassis and assures that performance will not degrade as subscribers are added. This flexibility allows service providers to purchase only the minimum number and type of modules that they initially require, yet have the ability to add modules as necessary to accommodate system expansion and changing functional needs. Our single system DSLAR products provide for scalability from 8 to 192 ports. Additionally, our customers can configure any combination of transmission speeds and protocols on different ports, as well as easily remove or replace modules without reconfiguring the system.
- SUPPORT FOR VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS. Our DSLAR products allow our customers to configure multiple virtual private networks, or VPNs, within the same system. Our system provides for the security of transmitted data within the VPNs.
- ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT. Our proprietary SpeedView network management software permits the network administrator to review network status and performance and reconfigure the DSLAR through an easy to use graphical user interface. Secure access to the SpeedView management system can be achieved remotely through the use of any commercially available browser.
Our objective is to be the leading provider of high speed data access solutions to service providers who focus on small to medium sized businesses, MTUs and other organizations. In order to achieve this objective, we intend to leverage our technological leadership by expanding the functionality and increasing the performance of our integrated platform. We emphasize the provision of a high level of continuing service and support which is critical in developing and maintaining long term customer relationships. We sell our products through a direct sales force and have formed strategic customer relationships with Cabletron and Log On America. We intend to continue to develop market channels through strategic relationships with other original equipment manufacturers, value added resellers and system integrators. To take advantage of the significant international market opportunity, we designed our products in compliance with international as well as U.S. regulatory standards, thereby allowing worldwide marketing of our DSLAR.>>
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