Dee Jay, there is good cause for some of us to doubt the veracity of some comments made by Ascend, to wit:
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1996--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Newport Beach, Calif., today announced a joint development effort to deliver a fully integrated central-site modem solution supporting 56kbps transmission speeds. The solution, based on Rockwell's 56kbps technology, called K56PLUS, and the Ascend MAX WAN access switch architecture, will allow ISPs to market high-speed 56kbps transmission services to analog-based end-users and customers, while providing support for the full complement of integrated WAN services already available on Ascend MAX and MAX TNT platforms -- conventional analog, ISDN, SW56, and frame relay. The product is expected to ship in January 1997.
(They only missed by half a year)
According to Ascend, no other WAN access product on the market delivers a more comprehensive set of connectivity options. Offering its customers an easy upgrade path, starting November 1, Ascend will ship the first in a family of central site modems capable of supporting Rockwell's new K56PLUS technology.
(Oh, now it's November 1 - three days before the press release)
"Ascend plans to be the first remote access vendor to actually deliver on the promise of 56kbps technology," said Mory Ejabat, Ascend president and CEO. "We believe this technology can open the door for a new generation of high-performance Internet and remote-access applications, so our goal is to provide the most robust implementation and the earliest deployment. Through our partnership with Rockwell, we are not just the first vendor to deliver this technology, but, more significantly, we have delivered the right technical solution for a very complex transmission challenge."
Uh huh.
Single-Step Conversion Preserves Signal Quality
A key feature of the Ascend/Rockwell solution is its single-step conversion process. Other proposed 56kbps solutions require multiple conversions within the switch network, which degrade the quality of the signal and force a slower transmission speed to the user. In contrast, the Ascend/Rockwell solution requires only a single analog-to-digital conversion.
(Riiiiiiiight)
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When pressed, Ascend suggests the first version of its new modem won't use the new Rockwell 56-k chip. Instead, the spokeswoman left the impression that the company has asked Rockwell to upgrade its existing modem technology to support the 56-k speed.
We got a good laugh out of that one)
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Oct 18 1996
Should have heeded my own logic and shorted the hell out of 'em.
There's a lot of funny stuff back in the old USRX thread. Entertaining as always. |
