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To: rupert1 who wrote (44459)	1/21/1999 9:19:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Dear Victor and Kenya: Are you two calling each other names or what? I cant figure this conversation out. Am I naive? JDN

To: rupert1 who wrote (44459)	1/21/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Picked this up on INTC thread. How does this technology relate to CPQs home network offering? Competitor? biz.yahoo.com Wednesday January 20, 1:03 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Intel Technical Bulletin INTEL TO DELIVER CONSUMER HOME NETWORKING PRODUCTS HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1999-- Products Designed To Meet Performance, Ease-Of-Use and Affordability Needs of U.S. Households Intel Corporation announced plans today at the Yankee Group Networked Home Symposium to offer consumers simple, high-speed, phoneline-based home networking products this spring. These products will allow U.S. households with two or more personal computers to link their home PCs using existing telephone wiring. Households will be able to easily connect their home computers together, allowing them to simultaneously share Internet access, printers, documents, and play multi-user computer games. Intel's products will be based on the industry specification developed by the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) to ensure compatibility with other home networking products. They will operate at one megabit-per-second (Mbps) -- almost 20 times faster than today's 56-Kbps modems, offering ample performance for today's consumer applications. ''After two years of extensive research and testing, we've developed a product that will revolutionize home computing,'' said Dan Sweeney, general manager of Intel's Home Networking Operation. ''Based on feedback from over 2,000 consumers, Intel will deliver a solution that contains both the hardware and software necessary to deliver a simple, powerful home network that meets the demands of today's multi-PC households.'' Boyd Peterson, director of the Consumer Market Convergence Research Practice at the Yankee Group, agrees that a successful home networking product needs to focus on the consumer. ''Easy-to-use, customer-friendly products that mask the complexities of networking must be created by vendors in order for home networking products to be successful and broadly adopted,'' Boyd said. Intel's silicon leadership, previous experience with consumer computer products and extensive networking knowledge help ensure that the hardware portion of the product will be best-of-class. Extensive research into the home networking needs of consumers and exhaustive usability testing help ensure that the software portion delivers the ease-of-use and reliability required for a successful home networking product. For more information about home networking, visit Intel's home networking Web site at www.intel.com/home/network. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.