[ADSL Vendors. . . ]
Bill --
I'm posting some of the key paragraphs from the NF article. As for the T1/E1 VDSL battle, who would have guessed it'd begin so soon? Whoa, I've hardly put away my folding chair and swept up the popcorn from the ADSL one.
I rather like Amati's attitude. Something to the effect they'll continue to forge ahead with VDSL development and, if required, make adjustments later. If they're not losing sleep over it, then I'm not going to either.
And now some Amati press.
Pat
<<<March 17, 1997, Issue: 654
Section: Network Infrastructure -- Switches, Routers, Hubs, Remote Access, NICs, Topolog
By Jeff Caruso
Vendors are scrambling to make xDSL equipment smarter, cheaper and easier to develop. . . .
Advanced Telecommunications Modules Ltd., Santa Clara, Calif., last week shipped a development package, consisting of an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) and software, for creating systems that run ATM over digital subscriber line (xDSL) technologies. . . .
Amati Communications Corp., San Jose, Calif., said it will adapt its xDSL software to Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc.'s digital signal processor (DSP). And Motorola Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, is combining its asymmetric DSL (ADSL) hardware with internetworking software from Sourcecom Corp., Westlake Village, Calif.
Vendors are finding out that they need to add support for protocols on top of xDSL transmission technology, said Kieran Taylor, broadband consultant at TeleChoice Inc., Verona, N.J. "Suppliers are looking at total solutions rather than bit pumps.. . ."
****For the end user, that will probably mean cheaper systems and services will arrive sooner.*** Carriers looking to offer xDSL services won't have to shop around for the different pieces and integrate those pieces themselves, Taylor said. . . .
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