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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (30253)	1/13/1998 9:06:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

1/13/98 Bus. Wire 13:18:00 Business Wire Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire Tuesday, January 13, 1998 3Com Corporation's Total Control HiPer Access System Wins Tester's Choice Award From Data Communications Magazine SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1998-- Review of High-End Remote Access Concentrators Concludes Total Control Platform Is the Fastest and Most Scalable 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS) today announced that its Total Control(TM) HiPer(TM) access system received the Tester's Choice Award from Data Communications magazine for the fastest remote access server in a test of seven vendors' equipment. This was billed as the largest public evaluation of RAS technology ever conducted. Data Communications tested 200 concurrent dial-in calls for each access concentrator participating in the review and also appraised scalability and management. Data Communications evaluated equipment from Ascend Communications, Bay Networks, Cisco Systems, Multi-Tech Systems, RAScom, Shiva Corp. and 3Com. Its editors wrote: "The fastest was the Total Control HiPer access system from 3Com Corp., a beefed-up version of the Total Control hub that now accommodates up to 450 calls per chassis." The editors added: "High port density and strong scalability are the hallmarks of 3Com's Total Control HiPer access system, ... and our test showed this device scaled up linearly as calls were added. The vendor also deserves kudos for its Total Control Manager software, which allowed us to detect hardware failures, run diagnostics, and perform virtually any other management function." In the area of remote access server scalability, 3Com beat the competition soundly, including the Ascend MAX TNT and the Cisco AS5300. In configurations above 100 ports, 3Com's Total Control HiPer access system scaled in an almost linear manner for performance as remote users were added. The competitive offerings leveled off at 125 dial-in clients. "This award clearly demonstrates our commitment to building leading edge remote access solutions that can scale to very large sizes," said Irfan Ali, vice president of marketing, Carrier Systems, 3Com. "The Total Control platform is ideally suited as a multi-service access platform that can meet a wide range of applications and networking needs." The Total Control remote access concentrator is designed for carriers, ISPs and corporate enterprises that need to support thousands of remote users or Internet subscribers. With its HiPer DSP technology, the Total Control system has the flexibility to terminate modem, ISDN, multimedia and voice calls all in the same DSP engine. The Total Control platform is the only remote access concentrator that was originally designed with a software-upgradable architecture. The complete Data Communications review can be found at: http:// www.data.com/lab_tests/bigger.html . Note to Editors: 3Com is a registered trademark, and HiPer and Total Control are trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: 3Com Public Relations Philip Anast, 847/797- 6576 philip_anast@mw.3com.com 13:03 EST JANUARY 13, 1998 ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- COMPANY (TICKER): 3Com Corp. (COMS) NEWS SUBJECT: New Products & Services; High-Yield Issuers (PDT HIY) MARKET SECTOR: Technology (TEC) INDUSTRY: Communications Technology; Telecommunications, All (CMT TEL) PRODUCT: Telecommunications (DTE) REGION: California; North America; Pacific Rim; United States; Western U.S. (CA NME PRM US USW) Word Count: 427 1/13/98 BWIRE 13:18:00 END OF DOCUMENT

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (30253)	1/13/1998 9:09:00 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Why can't LU reach an agreement with ASND, I would think because they only want to pay $35-40 and Ascend is worth about $50. We will be at $40 soon...so by June who knows....maybe will have someone more serious involved by then? Do we get a pop tomorrow, now that we finally have upgrades? Jeff

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (30253)	1/13/1998 9:09:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

1/13/98 Dow Jones News Serv. 11:06:00 <<Temporary document - available on WESTLAW for a limited time.>> Dow Jones News Service Copyright (c) 1998, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Tuesday, January 13, 1998 CBOE Most Active Call, Put Option Series -calls- option vol. last net tbr apr125 10152 5 3/4 up 5/8 tbr apr115 10006 8 3/4 up 1/2 tbr apr130 10000 4 3/8 up 1 3/8 i b m jan105 1211 7/16 dn 1/16 i b m jan100 1149 2 1/4 up 1/16 -puts- option vol. last net wefrd jan40 1060 4 3/4 up 2 3/8 cexp jan10 1055 1 1/4 up 3/4 hal jan50 1020 5 3/4 dn 1 3/4 xerox jan75 1003 5 1/2 dn 2 asnd mar30 1000 4 dn 1 3/4 -v- calls 127330 puts 48613 total 175943 (END) DOW JONES NEWS 01-13-98 11:06 AM ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- MARKET SECTOR: (TPX) STATISTICS: Most Active; U.S. Stock Market Statistics (ACT STT) Word Count: 103 1/13/98 DJNS 11:06:00 END OF DOCUMENT