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To: kech who wrote (18624)7/3/1998 12:33:00 PM
From: craig crawford  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45548
 
Broadcom Reports Chip Delay
multichannel.com

Broadcom instead will move to an integrated chip, cable modem manufacturers said. The development could mean "serious delays" in cable modem availability, one senior MSO executive complained.

Only one cable modem vendor will likely not be affected by Broadcom's chip change: 3Com Corp., which developed its own version of the 3220 "media access control" series.



To: kech who wrote (18624)7/4/1998 12:32:00 AM
From: blankmind  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45548
 
things such as this will prevent 27 1/2 again, thanks for the article.


"Now I understand why TCI was grilling us so hard about IP-telephony products," said William Markey, director of marketing and business development for 3Com Corp.

Markey said 3Com is involved in separate IP-phone projects with TCI and AT&T, the latter involving an IP-phone-technology "bake-off."

"It's all coming together," Markey said. "This is an astoundingly big vote for cable as the best method of broadband access.

"When you look at the new company, and you tally up the services, AT&T can get to you over your TV, with long distance, with local phone, cellular phone, with high-speed data -- everything short of a foot massage," he cracked.