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To: BobInBush who wrote (29360)	3/31/1999 7:03:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

"New 3Com Product Promotion Replaces Competitor Remote Access Equipment With Total Control Solution" SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1999--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS - news) today announced a new product promotion offering small to medium sized U.S.-based Internet service providers with the opportunity to replace competitors' remote access products with 3Com's award-winning Total Control® multi-service access platform. Users participating in the promotion, which runs from April 1 through June 30, 1999, can replace each existing 48-port product with a 48-port Total Control platform. The promotion features a number of baseline network configurations that customers can tailor to their specific needs, including technical support by 3Com's service personnel. Pricing for the Total Control solutions ranges from approximately $14,000 to 18,000 based on customer requirements. In addition, two HiPer(TM) DSP card sets are delivered free with each Total Control platform purchase and associated competitive trade-in. Resellers also benefit from the promotion through back-end rebates and volume performance. For specific information, visit 3Com's web site at 3com.com. ''Given the many recent acquisitions in the networking industry, 3Com's promotion ensures ISP customers can protect their remote access network from the problems associated with these organizational changes,'' said Katherine Sawyer, director of marketing, 3Com Carrier Systems. ''With 3Com's Total Control platform, users ensure uninterrupted network service and avoid acquisition-related issues such as product overlap, product discontinuance and conflicting line codes and architectures,'' Sawyer added. 3Com's award-winning Total Control multi-service access platform provides telecommunications carriers, service providers and large enterprises with a powerful and complete networking solution, including support for remote access, IP telephony and virtual private networking applications. The software-upgradeable platform is designed for service reliability, using redundant power supplies and modular application cards to prevent a single point of failure. According to a recent Dell'Oro Group study, 3Com was the global leader in the remote access market in 1998, claiming 29 percent of the worldwide market, including both access concentrators and access servers. 3Com held a 31-percent share of the access concentrator market, and a 17-percent share of the access server market. Today there are more than 6 million 3Com ports installed around the globe, connecting an estimated 85 million people to the Internet. biz.yahoo.com Mang