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To: pat mudge who wrote (8918)	1/14/1998 12:52:00 AM
From: Chemsync	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

[PC modem pioneer now Hayes Corp] Pat--Re: Sprint and ALA. A fly on the wall of ALA would reveal quite abit. For having such huge feet they step so nimbly. Alas. sg By GLENN MULCASTER HAYES Microcomputer, the Atlanta company that pioneered the personal computer modem in the 1980s, has merged with another US communications company, Access Beyond. It follows a series of partnerships in the data-networking field last year, including the merger of 3Com and US Robotics and Ascend's acquisition of Cascade. Despite spectacular growth in modem sales in the past five years, fuelled by the explosion of bulletin boards and the migration of hobbyists and PC users to affordable commercial Internet access worldwide, privately owned Hayes faltered in the PC communications market because it could not fund enough component inventory to build its modems. A cash-flow crisis in late 1994 almost sent it to the wall. It survived 18 months of bankruptcy protection, despite a failed merger attempt with another southern US modem company Boca Research and the late withdrawal of Canada's Northern Telecom in a financial rescue package. A syndicate of investors from Hong Kong and Singapore, which were already contracted as Hayes manufacturers, saved the company last year. Access Beyond is a divisional spin-off of Penril DataComm, which sold its modem business last year to Bay Networks. The combined company, with market capitalisation of about $US250 million, will be known as Hayes Corp. ÿ ÿ ÿ

To: pat mudge who wrote (8918)	1/14/1998 5:52:00 AM
From: Pigboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

<< As reported by Newsbytes last November, Alcatel claims that its asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology is taking off in Europe. Company officials claim that the firm's ADSL technology has just been chosen by three of the main European telecom operators -- France Telecom, Belgacom, and Telefonica -- for tests which will take place in their respective countries -- France, Belgium, and Spain. >> This is interesting news. Everytime I hear about France, I think of a nice woman I met there last year that didn't want to use e-mail too much because she (like many French at the time?) thought that it was way too impersonal to use. I keep wondering where different parts of Europe are in the internet/web time frame compared to many here in the states. I have pondered that quote I read recently from Mr. Lane at Oracle, "I don't think we are in an information age. TV and telephony have mass participation, but 95% of the world can't use a computer." I think about things like that for a moment, and then about the cosmos and then black holes and then that silly dancing baby avi and that always seems to bring me back to the stupid little questions, "So, how much will Hayes help that Alcatel out exactly?" So...? :-) ALL IMHO pigboy