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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (1567)	10/28/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: savolainen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1998

[intel/fujitsu/gte/orctf g.lite field trial] hi 9r, was wondering about... why hillsboro?.. thanks for the info.. ;) thought you and others might find the rest of the release interesting if you haven't seen it... didn't make the wires today.. received this this morning from anne mcbride as a fax, ran it thru ocr and fixed what i noticed so there could be typo's etc... interesting parts... first intc at least knows orctf.. not quite sure why intc is involved, but they are and so be it... they probably just want to keep an eye on those with the hot tech.. ;).. interesting that field trial results were "shared" with the itu before final standard.. and that test results will continue to be "submitted".. also re microfilters in telephone lines to reduce interference.. sounds like real world issues remain but maybe workable .. and it sounds like gte is serious about g.lite (with fujitsu/orctf).. also altho the trial is only 20 homes, due soon to double.. til later s -- INDUSTRY LEADERS ANNOUNCE POSITIVE RESULTS IN G.LITE ADSL FIELD TRIAL PORTLAND Oregon, October 28, 1998 -- Early results from a field trial of a new consumer version of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) confirm the performance of G.Lite technology the four companies conducting the trial announced today. lntel Corporation, GTE, Fujitsu Network Communications and Orckit Communications are conducting the trial in the greater Portland area. The trial uses Orckit's prototype version of G.Lite equipment for high-speed broadband Internet access. The tests began in September and currently include 20 homes in Hillsboro, Oregon. “We are pleased with the early success shown in this test," said Don Slater, GTE's assistant vice president for product strategy. "This supports GTE's belief that G.Lite is viable and essential to achieve a broad-based deployment of high-speed access." The trial is intended to gauge the performance of G.Lite in a consumer environment where the customer will be using the same telephone line for both voice and data services. The initial test homes are located 6,000 to 15,000 feet from the central office and encompass a wide variety of structural ages, home wiring configurations and telephone devices. "The G.lite specification coupled with field trial data provides the industry with information that will help to accelerate the delivery of G.Lite products and services to consumers," said Kevin Kahn, Intel Fellow, director of communications architecture at the Intel Architecture Labs, and co-chairman of the Universal ADSL Working Group. Intel's participation in this trial is an example of our commitment to advancing communications technology and to enabling new uses and new users for the PC." The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) last week voted to endorse the G.Lite ADSL standard and the results of this field test were shared with the ITU prior to that vote. The trial will be expanded to include a total of 40 homes beginning in November, and test results will continue to be submitted to the ITU. The G.Lite standard specifies transmission speeds up to 1.5 megabits per second (Mbps) downstream and 512 kilobits per second (kbps) Upstream which has been verified by actual performance during this field test. The trial has also shown that in some cases, an easily installed microfilter needed to be placed on one or more telephone devices in the home to reduce interference when the service was being used for simultaneous voice calls and Internet access. Through our ability to adopt our core technology, we were ready to provide the ADSL expertise for this field trial" said Nigel Cole, vice president of business development for Orckit Communications (NASDAQ: ORCTF). “This accomplishment highlights Orckit's commitment to work with our customers to bring end-to-end ADSL solutions to Internet users worldwide." "G.Lite technology clearly proved itself in a real-world environment in this trial," said Ron Martin, senior vice president of planning and development for Fujitsu, the company that is equipping GTE's current nationwide deployment of ADSL service. “Fujitsu and Orckit were the first to demonstrate Universal ADSL earlier this year and we have worked very hard since then to help make this technology available.” Intel and GTE are promoters of the Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG), an industry consortium dedicated to achieving a single global standard for ADSL technology via the ITU. Fujitsu and Orckit are contributing members of the UAWG. All four companies share the commitment to completing the necessary technical due diligence to support the UAWG in making high-quality contributions to the ITU.

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (1567)	10/30/1998 8:39:00 PM
From: savolainen	Respond to of 1998

[intc etc] Hi 9r, well you called it... guess who all the trial participants work for? a pretty big semiconductor company whose name starts with an "I" ... see network world article below ... ;) also fwiw, the g.lite trial press release is now up on telechoice,intc, gte and the orctf websites...all the same press release.... expect soon we will see it on fujitsu... always good to see others reinforce the pr (public relations).. altho (interestingly) still does not seem to have made the general wires... am sure we will be hearing more... note second phase "scheduled to start next month, customers will be given a modem and instructions on how to install it. "We will call the next day to see how well they did,"... sounds like a pr opportunity... (network world article) telechoice: xdsl.com orctf website: orckit.com (then click on article) intc: intel.com gte: gte.com --- telechoice gives a little commentary: "Today's announcement brings the second G.lite trial to the forefront of the marketplace. As more service providers engage in real world trials of G.lite technology, the ability to deploy real world services using this technology will hopefully be accelerated and bring about mass market deployment. Although this trial only represents a small number of users at this time, the trial size will be increased in order to provide for more market data to be gathered. In speaking with GTE, TeleChoice learned that to date the information obtained from the current sample size is as follows: this phase did not address a customer installed solution, an installation team was sent to the customer premise a decision as to whether or not a filter was used was made on an instrument by instrument basis as a result of off hook testing parameters throughput results have been extremely positive in an on-hook scenario throughput results decrease substantially in an off-hook scenario existing inside wiring was utilized in all trial locations. Although there is still more to learn, these initial results look positive and are being shared with the ITU for consideration. One of the items warranting further evaluation is the exact percentage by which truck rolls can be reduced. The second phase of this test should provide more in-depth analysis of the items mentioned above and the truck roll question. TeleChoice is glad to see GTE and BellSouth leading the industry by performing these trials and sharing their results. Hopefully other providers will follow suit in order to help achieve a shortened timeframe in deploying a DSL solution for the masses." --- DSL.Lite on trial in Oregon By Tim Greene Network World, 10/29/98 Portland, Ore.- GTE has leapt into a trial of easy to install digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. Following the announcement last week that an international standard for the easy-install DSL, known as DSL.Lite has been formalized, GTE said they have been conducting a trial of the technology in Portland, Ore., for the past 30 days. The goal of the trial is to find out how well DSL.Lite works in the real world over existing phone lines and using existing phone wiring inside homes. DSL.Lite is a slower version of asymmetric DSL (ADSL). Whereas ADSL can reach download speeds of 7M bit/sec, DSL.Lite's maximum download speed is 1.5M bit/sec. In exchange for the lower bandwidth, DSL.Lite can perform on a regular phone line without the need to install a filter, known as a splitter, this protects the voice channel on the line from noise produced by the DSL data stream. Installing a splitter is a complication and an expense that many service providers would like to avoid. So far, GTE has 20 DSL.Lite lines installed in homes ranging in age from new to 50 years old. Trial customers, all employees of Intel, get a DSL.Lite modem from Orckit that connects to their PC via an Ethernet port. Customers can then use the line to access the Internet and to make regular voice phone calls simultaneously. One problem identified so far is that the quality of voice connections can be poor on a DSL.Lite line, depending on how good the actual phones are. So GTE has provisioned the DSL.Lite modems to drop their speed so they will run quieter when anyone picks up a phone in the house. The best case so far has the speed of the DSL.Lite download connection dropping from 1.5M bit/sec to 480K bit/sec when a phone extension is picked up in the home. Depending on the quality of the telephones in the home, the DSL.Lite connection can still be disrupted when a phone call is made. In those cases, GTE is installing a filter that sits between the phone and the wall jack. So far, GTE technicians have installed the DSL gear so they can gather information about the line quality and the quality of phone wiring inside the home. During the second phase of the trial, scheduled to start next month, customers will be given a modem and instructions on how to install it. "We will call the next day to see how well they did," said Bev White, program manager for new business development at GTE. The trial will eventually be extended to 50 customers.