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To: Jeff Fox who wrote (58332)	6/20/1998 2:02:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jeff - Re: "My wish is that they get dramatic and buy a local phone company. " Congratulations! That is one of the most novel suggestions I have yet heard. Since phone companies never seem to lose money, maybe it's not such a bad idea. Paul

To: Jeff Fox who wrote (58332)	6/26/1998 12:23:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jeff, Re: "Personally I applaud Intel's leadership. My wish is that they get dramatic and buy a local phone company. Intel could then roll out a model community with everybody constantly connected. This is the American way to send a message!" Not buying a phone company, but a start? (or a toy?). (from CNNfn Digital Jam). Networking Technology June 25, 1998: 12:41 a.m. ET HILLSBORO, OREGON, U.S.A. (NB) -- By Steve Gold, Newsbytes. Intel Corp. [NASDAQ:INTC] has announced it is supporting a home networking technology that works across phone lines. Known as HomePNA (Home Phone Networking Alliance), the technology is being announced progressively over the next few months by Intel and 11 other members of the alliance. The HomePNA technology is being demonstrated by Intel officials at the Networks Telecom show in Birmingham, England, all this week, although Intel staffers are at pains to stress that the demonstration is just that -- a technology demo, rather than an official product launch. Alongside Intel in the HomePNA.....ALLIANCES CAN alliance are Advanced Micro..........MAKE STRANGE Devices and National......................BEDFELLOWS! Semiconductor. As with Intel, these..........(TV) other two chip manufacturers are looking for HomePNA chipset sales. Newsbytes notes that Home PNA is actually a stripped down version of the IEEE 802.11 Ethernet standard, working at around one megabit per second (Mbps). The technology allows end users to exchange data, play games interactively, and share high speed Internet access, across their existing home phone lines. However, the "reach" of the system is solely within one home, Newsbytes notes, so home users must have two or more PCs to use the technology. The non "processor chip" members of the HomePNA alliance are 3Com, Compaq, IBM, Lucent, Rockwell and Tut Systems, the latter of which, Newsbytes notes, has recently announced plans for its HomePNA compliant HomeRun home network technology to be sold in the third quarter of this year in the US. Initially, the plan is for HomePNA technology to be marketed as a chipset and firmware for inclusion in PC motherboards, but several members of the HomePNA alliance have indicated they will ship "Ethernet style" PC internal cards at under $75 each for home users to install a DIY (do-it-yourself) network working across the home phone jack system. The technology demo at Networks Telecom '98 in the UK, Newsbytes notes, worked across two Windows 95 machines, allowing the two PCs to play an interactive game of Sega Rally. Newsbytes understands that the HomePNA drivers for Windows 98 are already available for the technology. Intel US has already created a division to develop and market HomePNA technology in North America, Known as the Intel Home Networking Operation (HNO), the division was quietly formed in February of this year, when no one had heard of HomePNA outside the alliance membership. Dan Sweeney, Intel's business unit manager with the HNO division, said that the company thinks consumers will "benefit considerably" from the advantages of home networking. Interestingly, Intel cites research from Dataquest as saying that there are currently more than 15 million US homes with two or more PCs in them -- a figure that is expected to grow to 35 million by the year 2000. This is the target audience of HomePNA, Intel says. According to Sweeney, this growth in second home PC purchases will spark demand for products that will "take the home PC experience to the next level of collaboration and sharing. "With only one Internet account, one family member will be able to send e-mail while another goes online for stock quotes or homework research," he said. Intel has created a Web site for users to learn more about the HomePNA technology at intel.com . home \| digitaljam \| contents \| search \| stock quotes \| help Copyright c 1998 Cable News Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.