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Non-Tech : Amati investors -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JW@KSC who wrote (31154)	6/20/1999 11:48:00 AM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

Hi Jim, You wax quixotic on Amati. Just goes to prove that sometimes you can fall in love with a company, its technology, and make money too. Thought you might like to know I received a message from John Cioffi. He is now involved with a company called CopperCom. It seems there is a lot you can do with voice over ADSL. On a single copper line the voice band can become a carrier for 16 separate voice lines while maintaining the high speed data line. This is seen as a real impetus for ADSL deployment for small businesses and another incentive for ADSL rollout. By the way, I imagine you saw it, but if not, Alcatel is also touting full rate splitterless ADSL using the same chip with just a software upgrade. If I am correct it seems they use microfilters to achieve this. go2net.newsalert.com Alcatel's DynaMiTe Leaves the Lite-Weights Behind; Multistandard Support is the Key to Future-Proof ADSL Business Wire - June 14, 1999 09:55 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--Alcatel's (NYSE:ALA) DynaMiTe(TM) ADSL chipset is today confirmed as the most interoperable G.lite chipset on the market, but DynaMiTe also offers the greater benefit of future proofing ADSL CPE and CO equipment. As ADSL services mature and the "heavy users" are identified, a range of ADSL services will be offered at premium and discounted rates. The G.lite ADSL standard, with the aid of the UAWG, has been introduced as the solution for consumers and will more than satisfy the needs of many domestic users. For SOHO and small business customers however, demand may outstrip the 1.5 Mbps available from G.lite and move into the full-rate or G.dmt bitrate zone of up to 8 Mbps. Alcatel's DynaMiTe ADSL chipset is the market leader and supports both the G.lite and G.dmt standards with only a software change. The micro controller embedded in the DynaMiTe digital modem chip allows service providers to upgrade their users from G.lite to full-rate on demand, without having to upgrade the hardware, avoiding both a truckroll and the major expense of replacing hardware. "The ability to offer a migration path from G.lite to a full ADSL service portfolio will be important to any carrier wishing to stay competitive in this market," said Shannon Pleasant, Senior Networking Analyst for Cahners' Instat Group. "The user community that represents the greatest value to carriers is also the group that will demand the flexibility of service that a full-rate solution provides." ... Always nice reading your posts, Michael