Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : COM21 (CMTO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J Fieb who wrote (1844)	2/24/2000 11:48:00 AM
From: Si_Detective	Respond to of 2347

I think this news is significant, voice/date over internet is all these telcom people talking about.

To: J Fieb who wrote (1844)	2/24/2000 12:51:00 PM
From: Mark Laubach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2347

I need to point out that this is a significant achievement for Com21 and for voice over cable in general. The E1 V5.2 interface is equivalent to the T1 GR-303 (TR-303) interface used here in North America. This E1 V5.2 interface is an international standard. It lives on the "line side" as opposed to the "trunk side" of a Class 5 central office PSTN switch. It was designed to support remote digital terminals. RDT is a GR-303 term but describes this adequately enough. V5.2/GR-303 essentially extend the reach of copper loops by providing a remote terminal connected to the central office by a high speed trunk. Is this case E1 (2 Mbps). The impact of this is that a phone connected to a Com21 cable modem will be seemlessly connected to the PSTN as if it were directly connected to the Class 5 switch. Phone numbers, billing, dial tone, and management are all still controlled by the central office switch. All class features should be available to the subscriber. From a class 5 switch perspective, the Com21 enabled VoX system will appear like another remote digital terminal. The article is correct in that Com21 was uniquely focused at providing voice over cable before the emphasis for high-speed data came along. I made sure the Com21 CommUNITY architecture would support voice. I'm pleased to see they made this milestone achievement. Mark

To: J Fieb who wrote (1844)	2/24/2000 3:24:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 2347

Jay -- Thanks for posting the good news. How many cable vendors have voice capabilities? Where's GI/MOT? I believe they have DOCSIS on BRCM's advanced chip the same as CMTO but I don't know much else about them. I laughed till tears ran down my face after reading Don's post. I think ee cummings would have loved it --- a more perfect response couldn't be imagined. The embodiment of the poem's intent. If you heard strange muffled chuckling coming from the far edges of the planet, it was the long-dead poet sharing the day's humor. Imagine his delight! Pat