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To: Darren DeNunzio who wrote (4411)	7/1/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: Hiram Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

To all,don't get much time anymore to post things,but wanted to post this,its from the only company I am still holding,HLIT(plug only because its the only thing I read). cabledatacomnews.com JULY 1999 HIGHLIGHTS AT&T Eyes Fiber-Rich Architecture Mini-Fiber Node Test in Salt Lake City May Have Implications for Cable Modem Market July 1, 1999 At an analyst briefing in June, AT&T Labs executives detailed plans for the fiber-rich passive network architecture AT&T Broadband & Internet Services (formerly TCI) plans to start testing in Salt Lake City, Utah this fall. The plan is to use dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) fiber transport from a regional cable headend, through "transparent" distribution hubs to MuxNodes feeding mini-fiber nodes (mFNs) serving an average of 50 homes passed. The mFN serving area would be small enough to eliminate active plant components on the final coaxial run to the home, boosting network capacity and reliability, while reducing operating costs. If the AT&T trial proves successful it could lead to a new evolutionary path for DOCSIS products, promoting simplicity and cost-reductions in customer premise equipment (CPE) designs, and distributing now centralized cable modem termination system (CMTS) functionality throughout the network. AT&T will begin testing the architecture in Salt Lake City in October. The test area will encompass 520 miles of plant serving 66,619 homes passed. General Instrument, Harmonic Inc. and C-Cor.Net have been tapped as key vendors for the effort. Hiram