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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2145)	10/15/1998 12:26:00 PM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank, thank you for your response to my "beginner's" questions. I guess I'm still a bit confused by the way people throw around those terms. For example, people say that Cisco has no Level 3 solution. Does that mean that their technologies cannot handle IP? Or does that mean that they do not have voIP? Or what? Is it true? Thanks again. Doughboy.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2145)	10/15/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Frank: Regarding OSI and company names, the other company you were trying to recall is Level One Communications. It makes fast (and soon Gigabit) Ethernet transceiver and repeater chips, DSL chips (MDSL and HDSL2), and T1/E1 and Sonet chips. Their name was selected as a direct reference to the OSI nomenclature, but they recently purchased Acclaim Communications which makes chips for Layers 2, 3 and 4 gigabit Ethernet switches. So, the Level One name is no longer accurate, but the company has no plan to rename itself. Best regards, Bernard Levy