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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1778)	8/3/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

CLEC Options Mount Up In Boston August 3, 1998 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., Newsbytes via NewsEdge Corporation : Competitive local-exchange carriers (CLECs) are converging onthe Boston area. Allegiance Telecom Inc. [NASDAQ:ALGX], a Dallas-based CLEC that currently serves Atlanta, Dallas, and New York, has gained approval from Massachusetts regulators to enter the Boston market, while NorthPoint Communications, Inc., of San Francisco, said it has signed up five partners to bring its digital subscriber line (DSL) services to Beantown. Allegiance plans to launch local phone service in Boston and the surrounding suburbs by the end of 1998, company spokeswoman Claire Dunnett told Newsbytes. The company has also said it plans to enter Chicago, Fort Worth, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and northern New Jersey by the end of the year. Allegiance said it will provide a full package of telecommunications services, including local, long-distance, and international calling as well as high-speed data transmission and Internet services. NorthPoint, which already delivers symmetric DSL services in the San Francisco Bay area, Silicon Valley, and greater Los Angeles, said its services will be available in the Boston area through Epoch Internet of Irvine, Calif., Flashcom, Inc., of Westminster, Calif., iCi, Inc., of Mansfield, Mass., Shore.Net of Lynn, Mass., and Verio, Inc., of Boston. NorthPoint said it hopes to sign up additional network service providers in the next few months. NorthPoint said it will be offering its DSL services in Boston proper and in cities in surrounding Middlesex, Suffolk, and Norfolk counties. The company is planning to reach seven to 10 markets nationwide by the end of the year, a spokeswoman told Newsbytes. NorthPoint is a wholesaler and markets its DSL service through partners in all areas, she said. The symmetric DSL technology is optimized for business communications and provides the same data rates for both upstream and downstream transmission, thus supporting "push" and "pull" applications, NorthPoint officials said. Reported By Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com (19980731/Press Contact: Claire Dunnett, Allegiance Telecom, 708-836-5208; Ann Zeichner, NorthPoint Communications, 415-403-4003 /WIRES TELECOM/) <<Newsbytes -- 07-31-98>>

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1778)	8/4/1998 7:53:00 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Frank, Yes, most are wireless bridges, but Solectek has licensed IOS from Cisco for some of it's products - base stations that route. Solectek has a 35-mile 10Mbps link in the 2.4GHz band from Mt. Palomar to La Jolla in test, as well as the previously announced 11Mbps bridge using the Harris chipsets. The IEEE 802.11 committee selected a different CCK modulation for 10Mbps in the 2.4GHz band so Lucent and Harris have to develop new conformant chipsets. petere

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1778)	8/4/1998 8:01:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

Tut Out-Distances Competitors With 4.5 Mile High-Speed DSL Modem August 4, 1998 PLEASANT HILL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- - New Rate-Adaptive XL-2412 Extends Ethernet LANs Farther, Delivers Data at Higher Speeds For Less Cost, Flexible Product Also Works with Tut's Expresso GS xDSL System - Tut Systems today introduced a new high-speed DSL modem. The XL-2412, the newest member of Tut's popular XL family of campus and high-rise Ethernet LAN extenders, enables Ethernet connections over distances of more than 4.5 miles (24,700 ft) using any available single-pair voice-grade telephone connection. The XL-2412's rate-adaptive capability ensures the highest possible connection speed regardless of line length or condition. The new product is also compatible with Tut's carrier-class Expresso GS xDSL system, enabling customers to upgrade without replacing equipment. "Tut is recognized for their expertise in driving data over copper, and this product release should enhance their reputation," noted John W. Todd, vice president of research at Wedbush Morgan Securities. Commented Craig Stouffer, VP of Marketing for Tut Systems. "With the XL-2412, users can also easily upgrade to our Expresso GS xDSL system as their network grows, without having to worry about replacing equipment." Tut's new XL-2412 enables Ethernet connections over longer distances and at higher and more flexible speeds than its immediate predecessor, Tut's popular XL-18000, for a cost that's 38% less. The product also offers similar advantages over competitive products. Moreover, with the simple flip of a switch, the XL-2412 converts from a point-to-point Ethernet connection to compatibility with Tut's robust Expresso GS xDSL system, allowing customers to use the same equipment as they expand to a high-end rack-mount solution. The XL-2412 features proprietary SmartWire(TM) rate-adaptive technology that automatically adjusts to line conditions and connection lengths to deliver data at speeds from 1.152Mbps (14,300 ft.) to 192Kbps (24,700 ft.). It supports the IEEE spanning tree protocol, allowing for automatic network configuration, and uses proven 2B1Q line code technology for superior reliability, giving it a Bit Error Rate (BER) of less than 10-7(a) in both directions. Tut's XL Ethernet extenders are extremely cost-effective and easy-to-use alternatives to laying new cable or signing up for expensive T1 service. The customer simply plugs an XL unit into either end of a phone connection between two locations. XL products can deliver data at speeds of up to 10 Mbps, and now over distances of more than 4.5 miles, enabling easy connectivity of multi-building campus or multi-floor high-rise LANs. Product Availability The XL-2412 is available immediately worldwide, directly and through select Tut VARs and OEMs. The U.S. list price for the XL-2412 is $995. For more information, or for a local dealer, please visit Tut at tutsys.com, or Call Tut National Sales at: 1-800-684-2013. Tut Systems designs, develops and markets advanced communications products which enable high-speed data access over the copper infrastructure of telephone companies, as well as the copper telephone wires in homes, businesses and other buildings. These products incorporate Tut's proprietary FastCopper technology in a cost-effective, scalable and easy to deploy solution to exploit the underutilized bandwidth of copper telephone wires. The Company's HomeRun technology, an in-home application of FastCopper, has been adopted as the first generation standard for home networking over copper telephone wires by the Home Phoneline Network Alliance (HomePNA), whose founding members include 3Com Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Epigram Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Lucent Technologies Inc., Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Inc. and Tut Systems. Editor Note: To schedule an immediate product review or company interview, please contact Paul Forecki at Sterling Communications. Product photos available upon request. Tut, the Tut logo and Fast Copper are trademarks of Tut Systems, Inc. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. (a) Editors Note: Where "10-7" appears in the copy, the "-7 " should be superscripted. CONTACT: Tut Systems, Inc. \| Craig Stouffer, 925/682-6510, cstouffer@tutsys.com \| or \| Sterling Communications, Inc. \| Paul Forecki, 253/853-5030, pforecki@sterlingpr.com [Copyright 1998, Business Wire]

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1778)	8/4/1998 8:03:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

xDSL Vs. Cable Modems August 4, 1998 INFORMATIONWEEK via NewsEdge Corporation : Cable modems vs. xDSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology has been the subject of debate lately. Allow me to add my two cents. At first glance, xDSL appears to be the front-runner. After all, it can use the phone wire that's already in place in almost every home and business. Cable modems require a television cable system, which is also in a lot of homes and businesses but doesn't have nearly the same penetration as basic telephone service. One important advantage that cable modem providers do have is a captive audience. All cable modem subscribers go through the same machine room in their local area to get Internet access. <P>In my home turf of Austin, Texas, Time Warner runs the cable system and its RoadRunner cable modem service will go online this fall. What's the first thing many subscribers to that service will see after they connect to the Internet? The Time Warner home page. Of course, that's just the default home page and it's easily defeated. What's more important is that Time Warner owns the machine room that all cable subscribers connect to for Internet access. When Time Warner, or a third party, develops applications to take advantage of that bandwidth, it will be able to deploy those applications more effectively for their cable modem subscribers than an outside provider. America Online did a good job of leveraging its virtual community in the early '90's. The company had a captive audience and used it wisely. Similarly, when the Netscape browser was deployed, the first thing most users would see was Netscape's home page. All those eyes gave Netscape the clout to offer extended content and promote its products aggressively. In contrast to cable modem service, xDSL's flexibility and multivendor support is making it look like a better choice for IT departments that want to hook up telecommuters and home offices, as well as for extranet applications. Any Internet service provider will be able to resell xDSL connections, and those connections are open to some competition due to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The competitive multivendor environment, coupled with the G.lite standard, which is expected to arrive by year's end, should lead to a brisk commodity market for xDSL equipment and make it a particularly attractive and low-cost pipe. But while new services are sure to be spawned by all that bandwidth, xDSL providers won't be able to depend on the guaranteed captive audience of their cable modem counterparts. Jason Levitt can be reached at jlevitt@cmp.com You can read his Internet Zone column on InformationWeek Online at techweb.cmp.com/iw/author/internet.htm. Copyright - 1998 CMP Media Inc. <<INFORMATIONWEEK -- 08-03-98, p. PG60>>

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1778)	8/4/1998 8:09:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Telcos can't kick those old, bad habits August 4, 1998 InfoWorld via NewsEdge Corporation : Despite U.S. District Judge Harold Greene's 1984 ruling that broke up AT&T and Congress' passage of the Telecommunications Act (TCA) in 1996, the sad truth is that the telecommunications industry just can't get used to the idea of competition. For the most part, the industry as a whole consists of executives who cut their teeth during the lazy, hazy days of regulation, when AT&T basically ran the show. As a result, most of the people in this business think the way to deal with competition is to avoid it. That explains the rash of mergers and acquisitions that are collectively circumventing the best intentions of both the TCA and Greene. As noted in Page One coverage led by Laura Kujubu, neither the proposed GTE/Bell Atlantic merger nor the signing of an alliance between AT&T and British Telecommunications seems to bode well for customers. Granted, the AT&T/British Telcom alliance is supposed to make it easier to set up international networks. But with WorldCom merging with MCI, the awesome clout these companies will wield worldwide cries out for a new type of global regulatory body. On a smaller scale, it's hard to see how the GTE/Bell Atlantic merger would benefit anybody except the companies' shareholders. Regulators evaluating these deals should require plans that detail how the unions would benefit customers. Otherwise, the telecommunications industry will circumvent the will of the people through mergers and acquisitions that leave customers with a lot more headaches and only a few more choices than they had before 1984. That's not much of a legacy after 25 years of wrangling over telecommunications policies. So the real question is, are we prepared to sit idly by and watch the telecommunications industry re-create itself in essentially much the same image it had before 1984, or can we count on the current wave of telecommunications and Internet start-ups to use the free market to rein in the slothful, greedy behavior of the emerging telecommunications giants? Write to me at michael_vizard@infoworld.com. [Copyright 1998, InfoWorld]