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To: pat mudge who wrote (30398)	1/28/1998 11:18:00 AM
From: JW@KSC	Respond to of 31386

ComNet News: BAY NETWORKS TO OFFER PARADYNE's DSL SOLUTIONS Bay Networks Offers Hotwire(TM) Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) products to solve the "last mile" bottleneck and deliver Internet/Intranet access up to 125 times faster than 56k. Washington, D.C. -- January 28, 1997 -- Paradyne, a pioneer in DSL and a leader in digital network access, today announced that Hotwire DSL products will be offered as part of Bay Networks' end-to-end networking communication solution. According to Kelly McGovern, Bay Networks' vice president of Internet/Telecom marketing, this agreement reinforces Bay's leadership positioning within the Network Service Provider (NSP) and corporate enterprise communities as the premier provider of complete high-speed network solutions. "Bay Networks customers demand manageable, high performance networks at reasonable price points," noted McGovern, "and DSL offers affordable, high-speed network access. We selected Paradyne's solution, because it offers us the scale, manageability and flexibility that compliments our Adaptive Networking strategy". Paradyne's Hotwire products solve the "last mile" bottleneck and deliver Internet/Intranet access 125 times faster than a 56k modem and more than 50 times faster than ISDN at 128 Kbps - at low access costs. Targeted to deliver high-speed corporate Internet connectivity, video applications and transparent LAN services (local area network connections within a metropolitan area), the SNMP-managed Hotwire systems include two multiservices DSL Access Multiplexers (DSLAMS) - the scaleable 8600, which supports from as few as 4 to as many as 68 DSL ports and costs one-fourth of competitive offerings and the 8800, a high-density platform capable of supporting up to 576 DSL ports in a single 7' cabinet. The Hotwire DSLAMS interoperate with a variety of endpoint devices ranging in speed from 1 Mbps symmetric on up to more than 7 Mbps. "We just added a significant number of feet on the street," claimed Paradyne president and CEO Andrew May, "with a large percentage of those focused directly on our primary target market opportunities. Bay Networks' endorsement of Paradyne's Hotwire ensures our continued market penetration." This agreement pairs Paradyne's multiservices approach to the DSL market with Bay Networks' core strengths in switches, routers, Internet access, IP services and Network Management. Under the terms of the agreement, Bay Networks will integrate Paradyne's Network Management solution into their current offerings to deliver full management support.