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To: bill c. who wrote (13766)	10/28/1998 12:04:00 AM
From: mike cobble	Respond to of 21342

bill c., excellent posts. As always full of foresight and integrity. You should forward those comments via email on to management. I also have heard those dodge and weave responses from mgmt. in CC's and am sick of them. From now on, if they avoid the answer, it is because the news isn't good. Also, when new leaders step in to run a business and the street (who appears smarter than we) usually compliment the stock with a rise in price. Haven't seen this, which to me means the business plan or the mgmt. are ineffective. In regards to mz's answers to analysts, i'm pssd as a stockholder hearing those responses and have sent messages on which are never replied to (very polite messages as a shareholder). And can only imagine analyst responses to that kind of crp. If this is what he tells analysts, no wonder we've dropped into small cap hll. ps. every time there seems to be terrible news, we always seem to find a ray of hope which scks us into holding longer to watch the port values drop. It's kind of when I used to hike with my dad and he would keep saying "It's over the next hill, over the next hill.......) Finally you realize you just aren't going to reach the planned destination and you've got to turn around (stop the bleeding, cut the losses, etc.) I do believe in the future of ADSL, but with the rapid changes in tech, you can only drag your btts for so long and then everyone has the same tech. Looks like a dog, until buyout rumors surface, money is made or the volume and price rise together. pss. still a shareholder, much poorer one for that who has been with the company for over 3 years. But I can guarantee I not "holding" as many shares as last week. Still kicking myself for keeping the faith, when management hasn't shown any of us any support for many months. What was I thinking? Thanks Bill, Mike

To: bill c. who wrote (13766)	10/28/1998 11:38:00 AM
From: Chemsync	Respond to of 21342

Testing, testing. There's a sense of dealy in todays PAIR announcement as was in AWRE's last week. Of course maneuvering continues in the board room as well as the field. By the way, two of WSTL's board members are from AT&T. Does anybody out there think AT&T has any use for ADSL or is their foremost attention on cable & wireless?? PairGain<<has plans to participate with other vendors to accelerate interoperability testing.>> PairGain Announces Plans for Early G.lite Compliance of Avidia System and Megabit Modems October 28, 1998 TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- DSL Leader Offers Key Contributions in Development of Specification; Prepares to Ship Avidia System To Enable Mass Market Deployment of Consumer ADSL Services PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR) today announced that its Avidia(TM) System and Megabit Modems(TM) will be in compliance with the industry's new G.lite standard and has plans to participate with other vendors to accelerate interoperability testing. The International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) determination of G.992.2 Splitterless Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Transceivers, a new standard also known as G.lite, will enable mass market deployment of consumer ADSL services. The determination occurred last week at the ITU-T Study Group 15 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The ITU's adoption of G.lite sets a common, international standard that will speed the mass market deployment of consumer ADSL services. PairGain's Avidia System and Megabit Modems are targeted at large volume markets with industry-leading density, management and price/performance features. "PairGain's close involvement in the development of the G.lite standard focused on accelerating time-to-market by minimizing unnecessary modifications to the existing full-rate DMT ADSL standard, allowing vendors to build on existing interoperability work. PairGain's industry-leading Falcon DMT ADSL solution is poised to provide early support of interoperable G.lite," said George Zimmerman, PairGain's chief scientist. PairGain, a market leader in DSL solutions with more than one million DSL units installed worldwide, was the first ADSL vendor this year to release a single chip solution that supports both full-rate DMT ADSL and the new G.lite standard. The chip has been incorporated into several product lines, including PairGain's Avidia System, the first of a new generation of integrated access concentrators that can be configured as a DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer), access server or LAN extension concentrator. The Avidia System allows service providers to deploy G.lite services on a large scale to both business and consumer customers. The new Avidia platform has been designed to support mass market deployment of G.lite-based services by providing extended features that allow for true splitterless operation and go beyond the scope of the standard. The system's functionality has surpassed that of traditional DSLAMs, in that it offers two to three times the density of other solutions, and combines support for G.lite, full-rate DMT ADSL, SDSL, HDSL and IDSL-based services. The Avidia System is the only DSL solution that supports both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL on the same physical ports. In addition, PairGain's exclusive intelligent power management feature, PowerGain(TM), allows both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL to operate at less than one watt per subscriber. The Avidia System is NEBS level three compliant and is currently deployed in several field trials. G.lite was developed as an extension to the current ANSI standard T1.413 " full-rate" ADSL. The G.lite standard is a splitterless version of the full-rate ADSL and minimizes the need for "truck rolls", or the installation of specialized equipment at the subscribers' premises. The new standard provides consumers with an "always-on" connection to the Internet at rates up to 1.5 Mbps downstream and 500 kbps upstream, and is able to support both Internet access and a regular analog telephone connection over a single copper telephone line, eliminating the need for additional in-home wiring. PairGain has also released a new line of Megabit Modems, also designed to support G.lite, full-rate ADSL and other data services. Additionally, PairGain has partnered with Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, a leader in consumer modem technology. Earlier this year, Rockwell agreed to license PairGain's DMT ADSL technology for integration into consumer ADSL modems targeted to the residential consumer and business markets. About PairGain PairGain Technologies is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) networking systems. Service providers and private network operators worldwide use PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based services such as high-speed Internet, remote LAN access, and enterprise LAN extension. For more than 10 years PairGain has been recognized as a technology leader and industry innovator. The company offers the widest range of HDSL, ADSL and SDSL-based systems available. Its product lines include HiGain(R) T1/E1 access systems, small subscriber carrier systems including PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(TM), campus systems and megabit access products including the Avidia system and Megabit Modems. Currently, more than 1,000,000 PairGain DSL-nodes are installed in over 70 countries. Additional information about the company is available via the Internet at www.pairgain.com.