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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1723)	10/27/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Word has it, Stephen, that they've re-deployed some of their news and data collectors, and instead they're using your daily postings as their source now ;-)

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1723)	10/28/1998 12:30:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

A few short news items> Rhythms, Cisco To Deliver Next-Gen Network Rhythms NetConnections and Cisco Systems, Inc., have announced a new co-development relationship to rapidly and effectively deliver next-generation network performance for remote workers. Rhythms plans to implement these enhancements over an end-to-end, Cisco-powered, DSL-based nationwide network. Rhythms' Cisco-Powered Network implementation is designed to deliver improved functionality and end-to-end security features throughout Rhythms' IP and ATM core network architectures. The relationship extends Rhythms' use of Cisco core technology to include Cisco's 675, 6100, 6400, 6510, BPX 8600, and 7000 series carrier-grade routers, multiplexers, access concentrators, switches, and terminating units, respectively, in Rhythms' fully managed end-user, DSL services. New feature sets are planned to occur in the areas of Cisco Directory-Enabled Networking (DEN), integration of Internet telephony, and dynamic service selection. For more information, visit the companies' Web sites at www.rhythms.net and www.cisco.com InnoMediaLogic Intros Compression Card InnoMediaLogic has introduced a high-capacity TDM Compression card. The H.100 PCI card is expected to double or quadruple bandwidth capacity of a T1/E1 link at less than $50 per voice channel. With the API, the CT developer can specify up to 128 TDM voice channels among the 2048 TDM time slots of the standard H.100 TDM bus. The G.726 ADPCM compression algorithm (32 or 16 Kbps) can be applied dynamically on a per-channel basis. Resulting compressed-voice time slots are expected to be mapped back on 32 to 64 "developer-specified" time slots of the H.100 TDM bus. The compressed time slots are then collected as normal TDM time slots by standard T1/E1 CT interface cards. Additionally, the card also is designed to be optionally fitted with echo cancellation devices, which can individually deal with 128 voice channels -- each having up to 64 ms of trailing echo. Available is a low-cost adapter, designed to allow the card to interwork directly with SCSA or MVIP buses. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.iml-cti.com Bustronic Offers Telephony Backplane Bustronic Corporation has introduced its new CTEL backplane -- available off the shelf -- and specifically designed for CT applications, with cutting-edge capability to handle intensive data transfers in telephone switchers. CTEL is designed to build off the CompactPCI architecture to meet demanding requirements of existing telecommunications systems. With the new CTEL, Bustronic has extended its 12-layer, stripline-designed CompactPCI model with integrated hot- swapping capability. CTEL's off-the-shelf convenience can offer customers lower prices and significantly decreased implementation times, as well as eliminate additional R&D time required for customized solutions to reduce product time-to-market. In addition, CTEL is engineered to allow access to several different operating systems and thousands of application programs, as well as offer a streamlined packaging plan for industrial applications. An introductory, standard 8-slot configuration is readily available. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.bustronic.com CallManage Announces Product Certification By AltiGen CallManage, Inc., has announced that its flagship product, CallManager, has been certified by AltiGen Communications, Inc., as AltiServ Ready. Integrating CallManager into the AltiServ system is expected to enable companies to save up to 50 percent on their existing calling plans. CallManager, designed to offer least-cost routing solutions to small and mid-sized companies, is available as an add-on product with the AltiServ system, through authorized AltiGen dealers, and is a member of AltiGen's AltiPartner developer program. The AltiServe CT solution is specifically designed to meet aggressive growth demands of small businesses, providing them with extensive voice and e-mail communication benefits enjoyed by larger companies. For more information, visit CallManage's Web site at www.callmanage.com Siemens Releases System For Voice/Data/Multimedia Siemens Information and Communication Networks has announced the availability of the HiNet RC 3000 real-time communications system -- designed to converge data, voice, and multimedia on an existing LAN network. The system is designed to leverage all the capabilities of a standard telephone system, including hold, call forwarding, and transferring. With this type of system, customers are expected to benefit from increased productivity their workers experience through more efficient communication. The HiNet RC 3000 can allow customers to utilize one networking infrastructure for data, voice, and video applications over existing data networking infrastructures such as Ethernet/Fast Ethernet. The product also offers feature enhancement to readily available applications such as MS NetMeeting. In addition, the HiNet RC 3000 features a Web-based, system management user interface and consists of an open, Windows-based platform and add-on modules. For more information, visit Siemens' Web site at www.icn.siemens.com

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1723)	11/2/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

BellSouth's Statement on the FCC's GTE DSL Tariff November 2, 1998 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- BACKGROUND: The Federal Communications Commission Friday ruled that high-speed dedicated connections to the Internet being deployed by local phone companies -- known as digital subscriber loops (DSL) -- are interstate services subject to regulation by the FCC. The FCC promised a decision next week on the issue of whether incumbent local telephone companies should abide by previous state rulings requiring that they make reciprocal compensation payments to competitive local exchange companies (CLECs) for dial-up calls to the Internet. The following statement in reaction to the FCC's decision should be attributed to Robert Blau, BellSouth's vice president, executive and federal regulatory affairs: "We think the FCC's ruling on the GTE tariff is consistent with the argument we've been making at state commissions, which is that calls to the Internet are interstate in nature and not local. We're glad the FCC has 'concluded that the communications at issue in this proceeding do not terminate at the ISP's local server, as some parties had argued, but continue to their ultimate destination or destinations, very often at an Internet web site in another state.' This ruling supports BellSouth's view that reciprocal compensation payments do not apply to calls made to the Internet."

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1723)	11/3/1998 9:37:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 3178

Frank: Can you believe the antics of USWest> Colorado rules against US West on unbundling November 3, 1998 DENVER, COLORADO, U.S.A., Newsbytes via NewsEdge Corporation : The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has sided with US West Inc.'s [NYSE:USW] competitors in a decision on how US West must provide unbundled network elements to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). MCI WorldCom Inc. [NASDAQ:WCOM] has praised the decision, claiming that it is a clear indication of anti-competitive practices on the part of US West, but US West maintains the PUC has overstepped its jurisdiction. US West had asked the commission to allow it to provide network elements such as switching ports and local loops to competitors as separate elements, through a piece of equipment the incumbent carrier calls a Single Point of Termination (SPOT). Carriers would have been responsible for connecting the pieces together. US West said this provided a clear line between network elements and between its and the CLECs' networks, making it easier to isolate problems. The other carriers said it amounted to making them provide services to their customers in an old-fashioned way by plugging in wires while US West did so mostly in software. "US West was proposing that they would take it apart and we would put it all back together," MCI WorldCom Senior Attorney Tom Dixon told Newsbytes. The commission has ruled in favor of US West's competitors, stating that US West's proposal is "neither reasonable nor non-discriminatory." It stood by its earlier position that US West must provide whatever network elements other carriers want as a connected package. Dixon said the Colorado decision may be something of a precedent for rulings by other state utilities commissions. A number of states have laws quite similar to Colorado's in this area, he said, and because the Colorado commission has been ahead of neighboring states in many areas of telecom regulation, other states have looked to it. However, US West spokeswoman Emily Harrison told Newsbytes the commission has overstepped its jurisdiction, because federal judges have ruled that state PUCs do not have authority over network element unbundling by incumbent carriers. Harrison said the PUC has defied a clear ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and her company has asked a federal court judge to review the new ruling and hopes his response might lead the PUC to reverse itself. This is not a formal appeal, but US West does have the option of appealing the ruling, Dixon noted. Reported By Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com . (19981030/Press Contact: Carolyn Berthelette, MCI WorldCom, 303-390- 6593; Emily Harrison, US West, 303-965-3235/WIRES TELECOM, BUSINESS/)