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To: blankmind who wrote (1571)	2/25/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 12623

<< wdm will never be a household product or a business product for most, but dsl will be. >> Ah, ah, ah, not so fast. I wouldn't say that WDM will never reach the home or small business. I think it will. << millions upon millions of dsl devices will eventually be sold, these will be consumer products, wdm will never make that type of impact. >> Once again I would have to disagree. WDM seems to expensive for consumer uses now...(but give it time) << yes, dsl will be around in 15 years, just like analog modems continue to plague us more than 15 years later. >> And are all the xDSL manufacturers going to tank like all the analog modem companies have?

To: blankmind who wrote (1571)	2/25/1998 4:09:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 12623

Fiber-optic Leaders Announce the MT-RJ -- a System That Speeds Adoption of Fiber to Desktop and Computer Networks Business Wire - February 25, 1998 11:22 %HEWLETT-PACKARD HWP %CALIFORNIA %COMPUTERS %ELECTRONICS %COMED %TELECOMMUNICATIONS V%BW P%BW SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 1998-- Developers AMP, HP, Siecor, US Conec and Fujikura Report Excellent Results in Field Trials Five leading vendors of fiber-optic components today announced the commercial availability of a connection system called the MT-RJ, which provides a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for the installation of fiber-optic cable to computers and local area network (LAN) equipment. The announcement was made here at the Optical Fiber Conference, held this week. The connector allows fiber cables and equipment to use an optical RJ-style plug and jack similar to the popular RJ-45 used in copper cabling. It is expected to begin showing up in network products beginning this spring. The system, consisting of connectors, connecting hardware, cable and transceivers, provides the speed and reliability of fiber optics with the installation convenience associated with copper. AMP Incorporated, Siecor Corporation and Fujikura Limited, leaders in fiber-interconnect technology, developed the MT-RJ connector with US Conec Limited, a leading ferrule supplier. Optoelectronic leaders Hewlett-Pack! ard Company and AMP developed the MT-RJ fiber-optic transceivers. The MT-RJ system's adoption by network-equipment manufacturers and by premises-cabling-systems users will make it faster, easier and cheaper to install fiber in offices and campus backbone networks. These premises demand the high data-capacity capabilities of fiber to carry voice, data, video and audio over today's networks. MT-RJ provides a foolproof, speedy hookup of computers, hubs, routers and switches to fiber networks. "We believe the small size, lower cost and easier installation methods produced by the MT-RJ system will encourage more premise managers to use fiber," said Steve Joiner, HP's principal engineer at the Communications Semiconductor Solutions Division. Field trials conducted at Penn National Insurance Company in Harrisburg, Penn., and Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, in York, Penn., showed that the MT-RJ system is a viable next-generation system that satisfies the Telecommunications Industry Associati! on 568 specifications. The five suppliers have proposed MT-RJ as a standard for the next revision of the Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronics Industries Association 568 cabling standard. The standard is currently before the TIA's 41.8.1 committee and is the only such connector system under consideration. One of the system's greatest benefits is that the connectors will be factory installed, and installation in the field will require only jacks and preterminated cable assemblies. "This eliminates many of the crimping, polishing and adhesive procedures that fiber installation has required in the past," said Michael S. Peppler, AMP's director of fiber optics and broadband systems marketing. Many network-equipment makers, including Cabletron Systems, Cisco Systems, Inc. and XLNT Corporation, are designing MT-RJ technology into current and next-generation networking systems, according to Joiner. The appeal of the transceivers of the MT-RJ system for makers of such eq! uipment as network hubs, switches and routers is their size -- less than half that of previous SC and ST type transceivers. This means network-equipment makers can significantly increase the port densities of the fiber optics and therefore build chassis of the same size for both fiber and copper cabling. Royalty-free licenses for MT-RJ may be purchased now through AMP by contacting Craig B. Kegerise at 717/986-5074 or at craig.kegerise@amp.com. CONTACT: Godfrey PR for AMP Duane Piersol, 717/393-3831 x147 duane@godfrey.com or Copithorne & Bellows for HP Gary Clem, 415/975-2254 gary.clem@cbpr.com

To: blankmind who wrote (1571)	2/25/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Tom Aellis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12623

Craig and Blankmind, please do not confuse the two (xDSL and DWDM) technologies. WDM is the Transport Layer where it does not care what protocol is embedded, such as ATM, IP, Tag, xDSL or Even TDM as long as it hands off a optical vs. electrical interface (OC3/OC12/OC48) Will small business' see WDM, well yes, indirectly. If a large carrier such as AT&T deploys ATM service to the customer premisis, The switching fabric can remain at the Point of Presence while distributing the access shelves, T1 circuit Em, ATMds3 OC3 etc, right to the customer's office or bast. thus serving multi. customers in that building. How to they get the access shelves back to the switch (fabric), glad you asked, WDM! What the carrier now has is one seamless manageable node. How about if the customer has several sites. Again, the switching fabric stays in the POP and the access shelves are connected via WDM. You don't know me from Adam, but it's happening now.