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To: FISHERMAN who wrote (3569)	5/8/1998 5:39:00 PM
From: Rob Thomson	Respond to of 9236

Tim, Did you see this news??? These Cisco products use the splitterless design. telechoice.com Cisco Expands ADSL Solutions FYI Copyright c 1998 TeleChoice, Inc. May 6, 1998 -- Cisco Systems Inc. announced two additions to its solution set for service providers offering high-speed Internet access for homes and small businesses. The products use ADSL technology, which transfers data as much as 240 times faster than the modems most commonly used in homes today. The new products, which are available now, are the Cisco 605 Personal PCI ADSL Modem and the Cisco 675 SOHO/Telecommuter ADSL Router. They are designed as low-cost, "plug-and-play" solutions for the telecommuter, small-office/home-office (SOHO) and consumer markets worldwide. The products are offered to end-users through service providers who are deploying ADSL services, and work in combination with the Cisco 6100 Advanced Broadband Access System. Service providers use the Cisco 6100 to connect individual ADSL lines to their backbone networks. The Cisco 605 connects to a user's PC via an internal PCI interface. The Cisco 675 is a stand-alone, integrated router and modem that connects to the user's network via a fast Ethernet 10/100Base-T port. Both products offer adaptive data-transfer rates from 192 kbps to 7 Mbps downstream to the end-user and up to 1 Mbps upstream back to the service provider. The Cisco 605, Cisco 675 and Cisco 6100 were developed by NetSpeed Inc., which was acquired by Cisco in April. The Cisco 6100 was formerly known as the NetSpeed LoopRunner, and the Cisco 605 was announced as the NetSpeed SpeedRunner. Both the Cisco 605 and Cisco 675 allow users to receive voice and data services over a single phone line without the need for a voice splitter. The "splitterless" design cuts deployment costs for service providers because no technician visit is required to the home. Both products are based on architectural models adopted by the ADSL forum and meet industry-wide goals for ease-of-deployment and consumer installation. The Cisco 675 provides high-speed, dedicated data services coupled with the security offered by a Layer 2/Layer 3 system. The routing features also support simultaneous service connections, allowing telecommuters or SOHO users to be connected to multiple service providers at the same time, such as a corporate network and an Internet service provider (ISP). The Cisco 605 Personal PCI ADSL Modem has a list price of $250. The Cisco 675 SOHO/Telecommuter ADSL Router has a list price of $499. Both products are shipping now and will initially be sold through service providers deploying Cisco ADSL equipment. The Cisco 605, Cisco 675 and Cisco 6100 are being shown working together to connect three booths at Networld+Interop trade show in Las Vegas, May 4-8, demonstrating applications such as broadcast video, videoconferencing, voice-over-ADSL and service selection. Vendor Web Sites

To: FISHERMAN who wrote (3569)	5/8/1998 11:52:00 PM
From: Jay Lowe	Respond to of 9236

Tim ... Cisco is an Aware licensee of the DMT code and g.Lite splitterless design. It remains unknown (to me) what the sale of a Cisco modem puts in Aware pockets, if anything. Additionally, this Cisco modem may be considered a 2nd generation design ... the next generation will use more standarized chipsets ... the Lucent Wildwire chipset is a major contender and Lucent is, in general, a strong contender based on it's DSP strength and it's access to the Aware technology. So all these announcements are very good signs for Aware, even if pretty non-specific. Only counter-sign currently is GTE use of Orkit/Fujitsu modems. Still ... the game is just starting ... everything up to the last week or so has been pre-game show.