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To: David Lawrence who wrote (11901)	1/22/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22053

I emailed this to the whitehouse:-) Cupid's Online Home Is www.classifieds2000.com PR Newswire - January 22, 1998 05:10 %MLM V%PRN P%PRN Free Classifieds Service Is Bringing Couples Together on the Internet SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Marsha and John never thought they'd meet the love of their life over the Internet. They enjoyed chatting with others and had developed several good friendships online, but it wasn't until their paths crossed on Classifieds2000's free personals service that they knew they had found their soul mate. Cupid's cyber-arrow had pierced their hearts. "We started out as e-mail friends through the Classifieds2000 personals service, and our relationship quickly grew," said Marsha. "We discovered we had things in common simply by writing back and forth, and then talking. Our first phone conversations were a little tense because we were both pretty nervous. But soon, we knew a lot about each other. I feel very lucky and extremely grateful that John and I found each other in all the vastness of the Internet." One of the many benefits of using Classifieds2000 over traditional newspaper ads is that people from all over the country and the world can meet each other -- there are no geographic limitations. "Things just fit like a glove," said John. "and Marsha is moving from Oklahoma to Florida in the beginning of March to be with me." Romance has blossomed many times during the past year on the Personals area of Classifieds2000. It is the one of the largest and best places to meet people on the World Wide Web with over 150,000 personals listings and over 8.2 million people using the service each month. Classifieds2000 makes it easy for people to find their ideal mates by offering advanced search capabilities for criteria such as age, geographic area, and ethnicity. Placing and searching ads is free, and the service also allows users to post photos of themselves at no charge. Visitors say it's a great way for people to get to know each other on a deeper level first before ever meeting in person. "I'm handicapped and most people would just look the other way in person, but on the Internet people get to know me first. After that they don't care what's wrong with me physically," John said. Marsha added, "I really like getting to know someone over the 'net. You can get a real feel for a person by the things they write -- what they like and don't like. When you meet someone in person, most people only think about physical things. That's all put aside with online experiences. You get to know the person who lives inside the body. And that's all that matters in the end anyway." At least three other couples who met on Classifieds2000 have gotten engaged since January 1, 1998. Classifieds2000 Inc., ( classifieds2000.com ), is the leading network of comprehensive classified advertising content and distribution on the Internet. The Classifieds2000 Network distributes an extensive database of classified advertising listings in multiple categories to leading Web publishing partners, including major search sites Excite, Lycos, InfoSeek, WebCrawler and HotBot; top Internet service providers AT&T WorldNet, Concentric Network Corp., MindSpring Enterprises Inc., Netcom On-Line Communication Services Inc., Snap! and WebTV; and popular destination sites including GeoCities, Hotmail and Tripod. In addition to original classified advertising content generated by the Classifieds2000 Network, Classifieds2000 aggregates and distributes commercial classifieds listings on behalf of leading category sponsors throughout the Network. Launched in fall 1995, Classifieds2000 is a closely held, privately backed firm based in Silicon Valley. SOURCE Classifieds2000 /NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information or to arrange an interview, call the contact listed below./ /CONTACT: press only, Telle Zeiler of Waggener Edstrom, 425-637-9097, or tellez@wagged.com, for Classifieds2000/ Glenn

To: David Lawrence who wrote (11901)	1/23/1998 1:48:00 AM
From: Dick Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Cheap chips? David asks, "Does anyone use Lucent K56Flex chipsets in their client modems, or all they all at Rockwell's mercy?" I can't think of a Lucent vendor in the consumer end of the business... Rockwell has done very well there, by making their chips very available, and supplying a "reference design" so that you could set up in the business of using their parts without having to think very hard. I seem to remember that there was someone who used the Cirrus chipset in V.34 modems, but I can't remember who... somebody pretty small. Lucent seems to have concentrated on the head-end business. No idea why.... I'm not a DSP-type, but I've heard theirs is pretty nice. Actually, I guess we can conclude that both the TI and Lucent DSPs are nice, since their two proponents are ready to test the proposed V.PCM standard, but Rockwell is still (as pointed out on this thread) making excuses. Dick