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To: CPAMarty who wrote (28165)	1/16/1998 8:26:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

High-speed internet access via satellite in Asia................ nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com January 16, 1998 (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Orion Network Systems Inc. will introduce a series of Internet/intranet access solutions for Asia-Pacific Internet service providers for high-speed connections to U.S.-based Web sites. Because in excess of 80 percent of global Web content is in the United States, Asian Internet users need fast links to that content or to multinational corporate intranets, according to the Rockville, MD-based satellite communications company. The service, called WorldCast, caters to the need for real-time international Internet/intranet access ranging from 64kbps to 45Mbps, Orion Network Systems said. Initially, Orion Network Systems will offer the service through leased transponders of communications satellites in orbit over the Asia-Pacific region. Those satellites are operated by other companies. Following the orbiting of its own Orion 3 satellite in late 1998, the company's WorldCast service will be uplinked from Orion's Asian gateways. The service will be available to Japan, China, Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries. Orion 3 is being built by Hughes Space and Communications Inc., and Dacom of Korea is one of the Asian companies that has reserved capacity on that satellite. In addition to the communications satellite link, WorldCast allows ISPs to continue using their regular land lines for sending request packets to the Internet at the same time that larger files are sent via the high-speed satellite links. This service is appropriate for Asian countries, to help relieve congested Internet access and slash the business costs of ISPs, the company said. "Internet Service Providers in Asia need reliable, cost-effective access to the U.S. Internet for fast delivery of information to their business customers whenever required. Orion's proven Internet-over-satellite service will provide this critically needed highway to the Internet. Businesses across Asia need access to information from the U.S. and other major markets worldwide in order to continue their rapid growth in this dynamic region of the world," said Hans Giner, president of Orion Network Systems-Asia Pacific Inc. Already, more than 50 ISPs in Europe use Orion's WorldCast service via the Orion 1 satellite. It supports multicast traffic and work flow and a wide variety of applications, according to the company. Orion Network Systems is a satellite communications company that provides Internet access and other network services directly to multinational companies and ISPs across the world. (Neil Davis, Asia BizTech Correspondent

To: CPAMarty who wrote (28165)	1/16/1998 9:25:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Marty, This piece made me wonder if WDM will decrease the need for encoding? Just a little or a lot? multichannel.com Translation Please: Dense-Wave-Division What? Amid the blur of announcements coinciding with last month's Western Show was a flurry of news about advancements in a terrific example of the techno-gibberish name game: dense-wave-division multiplexing, or DWDM. We all just have to accept the fact that lightwave technology almost always comes with a daunting moniker. History supports the premise: A few years ago, it was "erbium-doped fiber amplifiers," because whoever named the technology thought that it was important to include the name of the rare earth ion that worked to send light signals further. Then, there was that pesky "polarization modal dispersion" problem, which basically meant that the actual piece of fiber was a bit more oval than it was round, which created problems. This is my long way of saying: Fear not. Despite its intimidating name, DWDM is not all that hard to grasp. In short form (and, as always, with apologies to the purists), DWDM is a way to send more signals much further over the same single strand of fiber. It's not a new concept, either. Long-distance carriers have been using WDM gear for years to send phone signals over their optical networks; two years ago, BellSouth Corp. bought WDM equipment from Pirelli so that it could jam some 130,000 simultaneous voice channels onto a strand of fiber and send it about 310 miles. The more recent news is from Scientific-Atlanta Inc. and Synchronous Communications, both of which trotted out new DWDM gear last month. From a technology standpoint, Synchronous' news was perhaps the most startling, because it crams signals into 32 wavelengths (loose translation: 32 different colors of light) that travel on the same, 1550-nanometer strand of fiber. S-A's solution crams signals into eight wavelengths (or eight different colors of light), which can go a distance of about 100 miles on a single piece of 1550-nm fiber. At the moment, these DWDM moves mostly apply to the regional backbone, and they will be particularly useful in cases where operators are short on fiber, but where they had the foresight a few years ago to put in at least one strand of 1550-nm fiber. The vendors are saying that generally speaking, DWDM usage can shave about 50 percent off the cost of the alternative, which is to install multiple fibers to carry signals. But despite its clunky name (S-A's press materials recommend the use of yttrium/erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with its DWDM gear: Yikes!), this looks like one of those technologies that is finally coming down the cost curve enough to be of real benefit --especially for headend elimination and regional interconnects. Diversion: For avid Gilder readers; His most recent newsletter is co-authored with a guy named David Isenberg, and has a lot of qoutes from his "concussive essay",(Nothing to do with CUBE), but if you want to read it I found a copy at; people.qualcomm.com Yes, CUBE is still on his ascendant technology list.