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To: Scrapps who wrote (2853)	3/10/1998 5:04:00 PM
From: flickerful	Respond to of 9236

interesting.... Tuesday March 10 4:21 PM EST Lucent has hardware to handle Net traffic jams NEW YORK (Wired) - To bring some order to major data interchanges, equipment giant and former AT&T unit Lucent said said Monday it has developed a radically less expensive -- and less spacious -- piece of equipment to handle the job of controlling traffic on the Internet and other networks. As voice, data, and video traffic pump through the central offices of long distance and other communications companies, funneling through the diverse streams gets complex -- especially as bandwidth grows. Typically the task requires separate and costly equipment installations by network providers, but Lucent's new WaveStar BandWidth Manager is a single system designed for more efficient and less costly data routing, the company said. The technology handles everything from voice calls and switched data to Internet protocol data packets and video feeds. WaveStar could potentially save telephone central offices equipment costs of up to 60 percent, Lucent said, while reducing physical space requirements by 85 percent. The system single-handedly waves through optical data traveling in any form, such as SONET, ATM, and IP. The company expects large - and eventually smaller - communications providers to consequently carry more bandwidth more simply and cost-effectively. Lucent also announced WaveStar's first customer, Tyco Submarine Systems, the keeper of a 14,000-kilometer, undersea fiber-optic pipe. (Reuters/Wired) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Previous Story: Pentagon 'hacker': ''Chaos...I think it's a nice idea'' Next Story: Microsoft final message: Government not making sense ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ÿ ÿIndexÿ \| ÿTopÿStoriesÿ \| ÿBusinessÿ \| ÿTechÿ \| ÿPoliticsÿ \| ÿWorldÿ \| ÿEntertainmentÿ \| ÿSportsÿ \| ÿHealthÿ \| ÿLocalÿ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Questions or Comments Copyright c 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.