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To: ~digs who wrote (304)	11/13/2001 2:15:46 PM
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First Uncompressed Real-Time Gigabit HDTV Transmission Across Wide Area IP Network Made Possible by Tektronix, University of Washington, USC/ISI And Level 3 Unprecedented Demonstration Validates Next-Generation Internet Technology Monday November 12, 4:00 pm Eastern Time DENVER, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Working in collaboration with the University of Washington, the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI) and Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT - news), Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK - news), a market leader in video and telecommunications test equipment, last night successfully demonstrated the first transmission of uncompressed real-time gigabit high-definition television (HDTV) signals over an Internet Protocol (IP) optical network. The demonstration was conducted as part of SuperComputing 2001 at the National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development booth. The HDTV transmission demonstration proved that Universal Network Access System (UNAS) technology has met the critical requirements to distribute challenging high-speed streaming data (which requires that the entire data stream be sent together), such as uncompressed HDTV signals, over IP networks. Although large amounts of data are sent over proprietary or ATM networks today, IP transmission is expected to be the preferred method of delivery as it becomes the most cost-effective method of rapidly sending information -- including voice, video and data -- over the Internet. The UNAS project is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Information Technology Office's (DARPA/ITO) Next-Generation Internet (NGI) program. ``By participating in the Universal Network Access System project, Tektronix is not just enabling, but also creating next-generation Internet technologies,'' said Rick King, vice president, Optical Business Unit, Tektronix, Inc. ``This successful demonstration incorporates Tektronix- developed technologies that are a springboard to the measurement and monitoring tools needed for tomorrow's optical networks and the Internet.'' ---Joint Technology Development Key to Achievement--- The technologies for the demonstration were jointly developed by Tektronix, USC/ISI, and the University of Washington (UW). These developments are a part of the DARPA NGI supported projects that include the UNAS project and USC/ISI's Next-Generation Internet Multimedia Applications and Architecture project. This demonstration builds on the work of UW who first pioneered real-time HDTV over IP at an unprecedented, record-setting demonstration at SC1999. Leading up to the demonstration, the key enabling technologies were tested and refined using the high-performance networks of the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and Mid-Atlantic Crossroads, as well as the Internet2 Abilene backbone network. During the demonstration, the digital video content was sent from UW's laboratories in Seattle, Washington, to the receiver at the SuperComputing 2001 exhibition hall in Denver via Level 3's advanced IP fiber- optic network. The demonstration set a new standard for Internet performance by streaming digital video at 1.5 Gb/s -- more than 25,000 times faster than a typical computer modem. The ResearchChannel provided the streaming HD content via Pacific Northwest Gigapop's ultra-high performance ``Pacific Wave'' exchange facilities, and along with the UW, the custom high performance multimedia server. Level 3 provided the network over which the transmission occurred. The Tektronix technology allowed video processed as data packets to be sent, received and compiled into play-out streams. Tektronix technology was used to compare packets at the input and output to determine if packets were lost or reordered during the transmission. ---HDTV Transmission--- One of Many Uses for Universal Network Architecture The DARPA/ITO UNAS project fosters the development of new rapidly-deployable, reconfigurable broadband interfaces for network-edge applications. UNAS is envisioned as a configurable network element that resides at the Internet's edge and adapts to the network's myriad protocols, hastening the deployment of new applications and services. UNAS technology will provide Internet ``on-ramp'' capability for applications ranging from distributed computing to telemedicine. Tektronix took a primary engineering/design role in developing the Universal Network Access Engine (UNAE) for the system. The UNAE is a key building block for network edge devices such as terminal adapters, service multiplexers, edge switches, and Quality of Service monitoring equipment. The flexibility of the UNAE will aid Internet architects in designing and testing new protocols that are better optimized for optical networks. HDTV signals in SMPTE-292M format were chosen to represent the many types of demanding broadband content that will be sent over IP-enabled wide area optical networks. While the data rate of the transported video payload and encapsulation was greater than 1.5 Gb/s, the current UNAS architecture can support rates up to 2.5 Gb/s. ---About the Companies--- Tektronix, Inc. is a test, measurement, and monitoring company providing measurement solutions to the telecommunications, computer, and semiconductor industries worldwide. With more than 50 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks and Internet technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 25 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is www.tektronix.com. The University of Washington is one of the world's top research universities. Perennially among the top three American institutions in peer- reviewed research activities and related competitive contracts and grants, and with numerous top-ranked programs, UW is a university which truly embodies the ideals of ``Learning @ the Leading Edge'' (TM) and economic development through research and active technology transfer programs. For more information visit www.washington.edu. Established in 1972 and widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of the Internet, the Information Sciences Institute is part of USC's School of Engineering. More than 325 staff, including faculty and post-doctoral researchers, graduate students and staff work on two campuses in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, California and Arlington, Virginia. They carry on basic and applied research on all aspects of computing, including chip design, software design, artificial intelligence, natural language and networking. USC/ISI's designs and programs are found in numerous devices and applications worldwide. ResearchChannel is a collaborative partnership of research universities and centers dedicated to broadening the access to, and appreciation of, our individual and collective activities, ideas, and opportunities in basic and applied research. ResearchChannel uses content, content creation, and manipulation processes as a workbench to test materials for our future analog and digital broadcast and on-demand multimedia offerings, thus providing an unusual opportunity to experiment with new methods of distribution and interaction on a global basis. ResearchChannel distributes research information 24x7 via satellite, direct-broadcast satellite (EchoStar's DISH Network), cable TV, webcast, on-demand library. www.researchchannel.com. Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) is the Northwest's Next Generation Internet, Internet2/Abilene applications cooperative, testbed, and point of presence. PNWGP connects together high-performance international and federal research networks with universities, research organizations, and leading-edge R&D and new-media enterprises throughout Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Canada, Australia and the Pacific rim. ``Pacific Wave'' is a ultra high performance exchange/peering service of the PNWGP. For more information visit pnw-gigapop.net . Level 3 is a global communications and information services company offering a wide selection of services including IP services, broadband transport, collocation services, and the industry's first Softswitch-based services. Its Web address is www.Level3.com. biz.yahoo.com

To: ~digs who wrote (304)	11/13/2001 6:09:33 PM
From: ~digs	Respond to of 6763

English No Longer Rules The Web - Report By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 12 Nov 2001, 1:58 PM CST For the first time in the history of the World Wide Web, native English speakers are no longer the dominant demographic group on the Internet, thanks to a surge of more than 100 million new Internet users in 2001, a report released today found. The third annual "State of the Internet Report," produced jointly by the U.S. Internet Council and International Technology & Trade Associates Inc., (ITTA) found the new users – mainly from the South Pacific region – helped shrink the share of native English speakers online to roughly 45 percent of the estimated total of 500 million Web users. Within the United States, 59 percent of households have home Internet access, a 15 percent increase over last year. The report also details significant progress in efforts to eradicate the so-called "digital divide" that persists along racial, gender and economic lines. Women now make up 52 percent of U.S. Internet users, and 51 percent of African-American households are online, a 35 percent growth over 2000 and only slightly below the 60 percent penetration rate among white households. Outside the United States, however, the digital divide is still quite wide, primarily between countries in the northern and southern hemispheres, the report notes. The study highlights an increasing desire among countries to regulate the Internet at the local and regional level, as nations grapple with the prospect of enforcing their sovereign laws across an international medium. "There is no question that the governments of the world have tried to legislate and regulate the Net," said USIC President Bill Myers. "The result, where they've been successful, has been pockets around the world where there is not as much innovation, and access to the Net is limited." Afghanistan, for example, has completely banned all use of the Internet within its borders, Myers said. As part of a probe that began in April 2001, Chinese authorities have shut down more than 2,000 Internet cafes, and an additional 6,000 have been forced to suspend operations. The Chinese government also is carefully building a stand-alone Chinese Web that has been purged of content and opinion deemed inappropriate or subversive, effectively creating a "cyber wall" between the Internet in China and the rest of the world, the report notes. Heightened security concerns in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks also have increased government involvement in the day-to-day affairs of the Internet, Myers said. "If we look at what has happened over last two months, we see a drive in the U.S. and elsewhere to bring the Internet under increasing regulation for security purposes," he said. "There has been lot of motivation for governments to act on privacy concerns, but those concerns appear to be receding as security concerns move forward." Governments around the world are making their presence online felt in positive ways, most notably in the form of e-government programs. Canada, Singapore, the United States, Finland and the United Kingdom continue to lead in providing government services online. In the realm of broadband deployment, South Korea and Canada have the highest number of broadband subscribers per capita, followed closely by the United States, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. ITTA President Mark Rhoads said this year's report makes clear that economic and policy divisions in the offline world translate almost seamlessly into Internet space. "We are realizing that as the Net becomes more part of culture, the same fault lines that are out there in the economy and culture at large are going to manifest themselves on the Internet," he said. The report is at usic.org . -------------- newsbytes.com

To: ~digs who wrote (304)	11/14/2001 5:34:52 PM
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U.S. Internet User Count Hits All-Time High By Dick Kelsey, Newsbytes NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 13 Nov 2001, 1:10 PM CST More people in the U.S. used the Internet in October than ever before, and three in five Americans have Net access, a Nielsen/NetRatings report said today. Some 115.2 million Americans surfed the Net last month, up 4 percent from September for the largest monthly jump of the year, the rating service said. The total is 15 percent greater than the October 2000 count of 100.3 million. About 176.5 million people in the U.S., or 62 percent of the population, had access to the Internet compared to 155.9 million, or 57 percent, in October 2000. Much of the growth stems from lower prices for computers and a greater necessity to have Internet access, said Nielsen/NetRatings analyst Lisa Strand. "We're seeing a lot of growth among people of lower income, people who have less education and in certain professions," Strand said. "It's becoming a bigger part of everyday life and more mainstream." Harris Interactive said in a Net usage report last week that roughly 65 percent of adults in the U.S. use the Internet at home, which is only slightly higher than a year ago. Nielsen/NetRatings, which takes all age groups into account, said the average online stay of 19 hours was nearly 9 percent longer than the year-ago mark of 17.5 hours. U.S. users averaged 35 sessions in October, up 6 percent from 33 sessions during the same time last year. In the past year Internet use at home rose 14 percent to more than 103.7 million and the at-work crowd recorded a sign-on total of 40.1 million, 11 percent greater than the year-ago period. Nielsen based its findings on data from more than 225,000 individuals with access to the Internet in 29 countries. Nielsen//NetRatings is on the Web at nielsen-netratings.com -------- newsbytes.com