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To: Glenn who wrote (23615)	4/5/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: MIKFREE	Respond to of 90042

Hey sleepyhead. Dell, hell! Look at fore!

To: Glenn who wrote (23615)	4/5/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: MrThesp	Respond to of 90042

Morning Glenn... Yeah, FORE ain't bad either. ;-)

To: Glenn who wrote (23615)	4/5/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: kathyh	Respond to of 90042

kind of hard to find a bad one on my screen this am... I like mornings like this!! Great for all of you in DELL!!! Kathy

To: Glenn who wrote (23615)	4/5/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: Junkyardawg	Respond to of 90042

April 5, 1999 08:06 AM MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999-- ....MIT's ITC and CableLabs(R) PacketCable(TM) initiative help promote standardized approaches to Internet Telephony.... Broadband Access Systems, Inc., the industry's only company focused on providing cable access solutions for the deployment of value-added data and voice services, today announced that it has joined two key industry groups that will play strategic roles in shaping and developing technologies and standards for Internet Telephony over the cable infrastructure. Broadband Access Systems will actively participate in MIT's Internet Telephony Consortium (ITC) and has joined the PacketCable(TM) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) pool of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs(R)) as part of its commitment to provide high-performance, carrier-class, scalable and integrated broadband access systems to maximize revenue potential for cable operators. Broadband Access Systems' next-generation cable access platform will enable service providers to successfully deliver data, voice, and video services to very high numbers of subscribers. "The development of new technologies and standards for interoperability will be key drivers for adoption of IP Telephony over cable," said David R. Paolino, Broadband Access Systems' chief executive officer. "As an active member of these two key groups, we can ensure to our customers that our products incorporate the best technologies the industry has to offer, and that they will comply with the most relevant specifications available." MIT's ITC is a neutral forum focused on research into technical, economic, strategic and policy issues that arise from multimedia communications that span the Internet and telecommunications infrastructures. "During our first two years, the ITC has played a leading role in shaping, promoting and advancing Internet research," said Sharon Eisner Gillett, ITC executive director. "The addition of Broadband Access Systems to our rich group of industry and academic representatives will focus attention on how cable technologies play an important role in the convergence of voice and the Internet." CableLabs' PacketCable initiative provides Broadband Access Systems and other member companies with specifications for interoperable interface requirements to allow cable operators to deliver IP-based telephone, video conferencing and other advanced packet voice and video services over two-way cable networks. "We appreciate the support and participation by Broadband Access Systems in joining the dozen other companies in our intellectual property rights pool," said David Bukovinsky, director of PacketCable at CableLabs. Today's announcement complements Broadband Access Systems' involvement in the standards process. Broadband Access Systems has already taken an active role in the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) and IEEE standards initiatives to ensure that its cable access platform is compliant with the emerging standards and is interoperable with the wide spectrum of cable modems, telephony client devices, and operations support systems (OSS). "When lifeline telephony services are the application, standards are the only responsible way to get there," said Paul Nikolich, vice president of technology and standards for Broadband Access Systems. "We have invested tremendous effort in ensuring that our products are - and continue to be - compliant with industry standards, and where we can assist in the development of those standards, we do. Cable operators have lived in a proprietary world, but now realize the value and impact of standards-based technologies. As Internet Telephony develops into a deployable service, they will require standardized equipment." Founded in February 1998, Broadband Access Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of a new generation of highly integrated carrier-class broadband access systems that allow cable operators to deliver high quality voice, data and video services to large numbers of users. Headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the company's management team brings years of experience in networking and telecommunications from companies such as Nortel Networks NT , Lucent LU , FORE Systems FORE , Digital Equipment Corporation and 3Com COMS . Broadband Access Systems is funded by Matrix Partners, North Bridge Ventures Partners and The Still River Fund. For more information on Broadband Access Systems, please visit the company's Web site at www.basystems.com.