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To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (7393)	8/3/1999 7:11:00 AM
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PC Driver Possible in Networking If they can be be networked easily, people may well buy more PCs for the home: US Computer Users Interested in Home Networks, Survey Says New York, Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. personal-computer users are interested in home networks that let them share printers and Internet access, a survey of PC users said. About a third of households surveyed with PCs would be interested in setting up a network, while half of those with more than one PC would be interested, said Yankee Group, a Boston- based market research company. Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., 3Com Corp., Intel Corp. and other technology companies are developing products that will link PCs, television sets, phones and other household appliances. Though few products are currently available, Yankee said the survey indicates the market for home-network products could grow quickly. ''There's already pent-up demand,'' said Karuna Uppal, senior analyst at the Yankee Group. ''The fact that there's already this much of an interest for something that hasn't really been introduced yet really shows something.'' Most of the products being developed work by connecting computers and other appliances over existing phone lines and other wiring in homes. In addition to computer makers and other companies involved in the PC market, Uppal expects manufacturers like Motorola Inc. that make products for high-speed Internet access to benefit from home networking. ''There's a potential for a lot of companies to do well in this market,'' Uppal said. ''It's not just a PC thing.'' Setting up home networks will also give phone companies AT&T Corp., Bell Atlantic Corp. and others new services to sell customers, helping drive revenue growth, Uppal said. Last week, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Broadcom Corp. said their products were chosen as the basis for a home- networking standard by the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance. The equipment is expected to be available by year's end. Yankee Group is a division of Waltham, Massachusetts-based information services company Primark Corp.