Some info on Paradyne from the ComNet show:
Paradyne, along with some integrated circuit help from its technology friends at the Burr-Brown Corp., has built a really nice
product: 768K bit/sec of bandwidth, shared among up to eight Ethernet
devices (computers, servers, printers, voice-over-IP terminals), over
existing POTS wiring within the house and into the telco point of presence(up to 30,000 feet).
With a price target of below $300 by year-end, this is a product any
telco could deploy on a massive scale - and then bundle the cost into an affordable monthly service charge.
One of the reasons for the device's low cost is its ease of installation - comparable to that of an answering machine (easier, actually, since you don't have to record a pesky message to get the thing working). That's right - the user can install it himself; no service call needed. True, this system is as proprietary as they get. While it plugs into Paradyne's existing DSLAM equipment, it is still a single-source product in a world where "multivendor" and "standard" are considered holy grail material. But still, it is likely to do well, especially with a distribution deal through Bay Networks and carrier service plans through the likes of US WEST.
If nothing else, MVL puts some real heat on the other vendors to further improve the cost/performance ratios of their own soon-to-be-announced DSL offerings. |
