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To: David S. who wrote (15385)	5/2/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

"More For Less -- 3Com, Others Push LAN Switch Prices Further Downward" "Analysts say fierce competition and improvements in silicon will drive prices down even further for basic desktop and workgroup switching. As a result, they say, smaller companies will find it harder to survive, but customers can expect bandwidth to get even cheaper. "The [vendor] winners of this game will be those who can achieve economies of scale, like a 3Com or an Intel," says Jeremy Duke, director of network market research at In-Stat, a research firm in Scottsdale, Ariz. "The smaller players will get eaten alive." From the customers' point of view, Duke says, "that's hallelujah, because it means network managers will get more for less money." techweb.com Also : "Ethernet Helps Mortgage Company Stay Flexible" "The installation proceeded without a hitch. By the end of the first quarter, the commercial mortgage company had added Gigabit Ethernet connections to 12 (3com's)CoreBuilder switches." techweb.com Mang