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To: Steve Porter who wrote (31555)	6/13/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: Dolfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Hello folks, I am in Orlando at the AT&T data conference. Today I sat in on a ATM/WAN presentation by a couple companies which are using AT&T for their ATM WAN solution. Well Home Depot was there and explained how they are using the AT&T WAN with their 3COM pathbuilder ATM concentrators. I spoke to the Manager privately and had nothing but good things to say about their Network which is primarily 3COM. Here is a little from the previous PR! Bandwidth When and Where It's Needed Home Depot's new ATM WAN emanated from the retailer's need to increase bandwidth for voice, video and data services between its regional offices and the SSC. Prior to the 3Com rollout, the company's network consisted of routers and CSUs providing IP, IPX and AppleTalk services using single T1 circuits. With 25 percent of WAN bandwidth allocated to video, the retailer needed a higher performance architecture to deliver these services at a lower cost. To rectify this situation, Home Depot evaluated offerings from leading vendors, the home improvement giant selected 3Com, whose equipment has served as the high-performance local area network (LAN) at the SSC as well as in the retailer's North American stores supporting point of sale and back-office applications for several years. ''3Com's converged ATM WAN solution provided the high-powered infrastructure we needed for current and emerging applications with a quick ROI,'' said Dan Haumann, the firm's senior manager of network systems. ''3Com also had proven itself in our headquarters ATM LAN, which gave us added confidence in the PathBuilder switches.'' Completed this May, Home Depot's WAN relies on 13 SuperStack® II PathBuilder S310 WAN Access Switches, one at each regional office, connected via up to four T1 circuits to a PathBuilder S700 switch at the SSC. The SSC-based system maximizes bandwidth via a DS-3 link, which allows Home Depot to aggregate up to 28 T1s for distributing converged traffic across the WAN. The PathBuilder S700 system is also connected to the SSC's PBX, video configuration bridge and data network, enabling it to effectively converge traffic. The regional office PathBuilder devices are also connected to a PBX at their sites, a router on the data network, and a PictureTel to optimize convergence for key applications. The preexisting routers continues to connect to the central-office PathBuilder, although Home Depot is now using an internal CSU on the PathBuilder switch itself instead of separate CSUs. Unlike the routers, the PathBuilder switches allow Home Depot to add T1 lines incrementally without increasing system costs - ''a major cost-savings compared to when we had to double the cost of our architecture to add a T1,'' noted Haumann. ''Using 3Com's solution, we're gaining performance and savings simultaneously that give us an extraordinary operating efficiency at tremendous value,'' said Ellis. ''Our new WAN is helping Home Depot become a more profitable company and is one of the better leveraged IT decisions we've ever made.'' About 3Com Corporation With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com --More connected.(TM) For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox. 3Com and PathBuilder are registered trademarks. More connected. is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other company or product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. I was very impressed and happy to own 3COM stock. I told him about our forum here as he is a shareholder as well. Mark