To: The Phoenix who wrote (361 ) 2/2/1998 11:54:00 PM From: SteveG Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1181
<<..Yurie does ATM VERY well..>> <..I've heard the opposite..> "...Named ''Hot Product of the Year,'' by Data Communications Magazine in January 1997, Yurie Systems' LDR200 enables service providers to offer voice, video and data services over a single ATM network infrastructure. The concentrator collapses parallel networks while preserving the user's legacy system investment. The LDR200 features dual bus architecture and optional redundancy for common equipment which increases system reliability. Its port density and highly scaleable design enables network expansion at minimal cost...." from biz.yahoo.com and "..There will be a lot of tariffing of T1 ATM services in 1998," said Stix, who also expects Yurie Systems Inc. to hold its own in the market. "Yurie will do well selling access ATM switches to the carriers" through its partnership with Bay Networks. Market researchers agree access ATM will be a hot technology this year and next. In a recent study of the ATM market, Dataquest analyst George Hunt estimated the ATM access concentrator arena will nearly double to $375 million in 1998, up from about $205 million in 1997. By 2001, the market will grow to $1.28 billion, he projected. The low-speed (less than 2-Mbps) concentrator market is expected to climb to $221.2 million in 2001, from $32 million in 1997. High-speed (greater than 2-Mbps) concentrator sales will grow 57.3 percent per year to $1.1 billion in 2001, Hunt said. Yurie held the No. 1 market position at the end of 1996, according to the Dataquest study..." from techweb.com ====== <..I've heard they are an order of magnitude more expensive than the new products entering the market..> "...Dataquest's report segments the ATM access market by equipment speed, ranking separately equipment which operates at 2 Mbps and lower and equipment which operates at rates in excess of 2 Mbps. The report ranked Yurie as the #1 worldwide provider of greater-than-2-Mbps ATM access multiplexers with 34.4% of the market share and the #1 North American provider with 37.8%..." from biz.yahoo.com "...Yurie isn't alone in this market. Sentient Networks Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) sells carrier-class ATM access concentrators, its Ultimate 1000 and 2000. This gear lets phone companies and ISPs (Internet service providers) deliver various services including ATM and frame relay--at speeds from 56 kbit/s to 45 Mbit/s. Sentient's technology costs about $130 per port, which works out to just under $100,000 in a typical configuration..." from data.com