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To: JW@KSC who wrote (30661)	3/16/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

You still chalking 'em up, Jim???? <<< Rockwell Acquisition Propels ADSL Delivery Newsbytes - March 16, 1998 18:02 COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1998 MAR 16 (NB) -- By Patrick McKenna, Newsbytes. Rockwell Semiconductor Systems [NYSE:ROK] says a licensing agreement with PairGain Technologies [NASDAQ:PAIR] of Tustin, California, will result in a $200 asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) consumer modem by the end of 1998. What remains uncertain is when and where telephone companies will upgrade existing telephone networks to handle the new technology. Rockwell licensed PairGain's DMT (Discrete Multi-Tone) ADSL Falcon chip, which PairGain claims is the industry's first 8 megabit per second (Mbps) single-chip DMT ADSL processor. Rockwell will offer a low cost Falcon chip to retail modem manufacturer and personal computer- makers. A major advantage of ADSL is its capability of running on any standard copper phone line. Under terms of the agreement, Rockwell will compensate PairGain through licensing and royalty fees for exclusive rights to its DMT ADSL technology over a two year period. The two companies also agreed to exchange intellectual properties and collaborate on future ADSL devices. PairGain will additionally integrate DMT ADSL technology into a line of DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) platforms, other central office equipment and high-end modems. Today's announcement, according to Rockwell, should accelerate ADSL desktop modems based on a certain ADSL standard called G.lite. Endorsed by Intel, Microsoft, Compaq and others, G.lite means consumers will not need to have a "splitter" installed into their residential phone system. Instead, consumers will simply install what looks like a standard modem. While the Falcon chip can reach up to 8 Mbps, the early DMT ADSL modems will not run that fast. "The first modems from this announcement will transmit downstream at speeds up to 1.5 Mbps and upstream (from a users computer to the Internet) at rates up to 384 kilobits per second," said Rockwell vice president and general manager of network access, Raous Halim. He also said the first DMT ADSL modems would follow a route similar to 56 kilobit per second modems. "You can expect them to be introduced at a price near $200 and then quickly come down after early sales," added Halim. He also estimated ADSL service to range from $40 to $80. The fee accounts for telephone and Internet access. The next step is to determine when phone companies and Internet service providers will offer some level of ADSL service. Halim believes ADSL availability will become available in stages with different regions of the US gradually getting service until most the of the country is covered. Reported by Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com . >>>>