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To: BarbaraT who wrote (34766)	11/29/1999 5:19:00 PM
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The future of remote wireless connectivity is almost here: (REUTERS) Cisco to unveil details on alternative Net access Cisco to unveil details on alternative Net access By Dick Satran SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc. <CSCO.O> Wednesday will unveil a new way to connect hard-to-reach locations to the high-speed Internet using wireless microwave technology. The networking company will unveil plans to sell the service early next year to businesses and by the end of next year to consumers. The alternative Internet access is being viewed as a way to reach areas not served by existing high-speed cable modem or telephone-based digital subscriber lines. Cisco will probably work in partnership with existing digital subscriber line services, a spokesman said. Wireless transmission now hits an obstacle if signals lose their line-of-sight from the transmitter. But the new technology uses reflected signals, known as multipath, to carry data, getting around the problem of hard-to-reach locations in major cities where a building might block the path. The same reflecting technology can be used to reach over distances of up to 30 miles in rural locations and developing countries where laying cable or fiber lines is not cost effective. Cisco says that it has made the technology available for free as a way of getting it into the market. The existing broadband channels have such severe limitations it's retarding growth for the high-speed Internet. Cisco will benefit from the development of the technology because it is the leading seller of routers that handle most of the Internet's traffic. Cisco said that it developed the technology from an acquisition it made almost a year ago. Cisco said last month it has lined up a number of partners to boost the service, including Bechtel Telecommunications, a unit of closely held Bechtel Construction, networking chipmaker Broadcom Corp. <BRCM.O>, computer services firm Electronic Data Systems Corp. <EDS.N>, accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP, telecommunications firm LCC International, Motorola Inc. <MOT.N>, Pace Micro Technology Plc, electronics giant Samsung <78020.KS>, chipmaker Texas Instruments Inc. <TXN.N> and a unit of conglomerate Toshiba <6502.T>. Cisco itself will use the technology to connect two new buildings on its San Jose campus to the Internet. It will save the company the expense of having to dig under a freeway to create a fiber optic line for high-speed access. ((Dick Satran, San Francisco office, 415-677-2547)) REUTERS