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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3507)	4/29/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Article in Bloomberg News indicates AOL might help Comcast in its bid for MediaOne. Ken

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3507)	5/1/1999 1:52:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

An interesting integrated home networking white paper exists on the Dell site. It examines the need for a uniform home wiring standard to support all forms of electronic voice and data exchange, using existing twisted pairs which were formerly used for POTS. dell.com An excerpt appears below. Enjoy, Frank Coluccio =========== Excerpt from Dell White Paper: Home Networking April 1999 Introduction Just as most homes have more than one television, many homes now have more than one PC. Recent estimates show that more than 15 million homes have at least one PC and that the majority of consumer PC sales are made to families who already own at least one computer. The proliferation of PCs and peripherals in the home is driving demand for effective and easy-to-install home-networking technology to allow home users to share Internet access, peripherals, and security devices. Home networking is the term used to describe the interconnection and centralized control of electronic, entertainment, and security devices within a home or small office environment. A key enabler is the development of new broadband communication technologies such as asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), G.lite, and cable modems that provide high-bandwidth connections from the home network to the Internet. In contrast to the limited bandwidth of current V.90 dial-up connections, these newer Internet-access technologies are "always on" and provide enough bandwidth to make it feasible for more than one home network user to share the connection for Internet access. This white paper begins with a review of the main broadband technologies likely to be used to connect the home network to the Internet. Next, the paper discusses the components of a home network, with particular emphasis on PC and PC peripheral networking, and shows how the home network interfaces with the broadband network via a residential gateway. The paper then describes various networking technologies, mainly those requiring no new wiring in the home. It concludes by discussing Dell's plans to address customers' home-networking needs. Key Enabler: Broadband Internet Access to the Home Today, residential Internet access relies predominantly on analog modem technology transmitted over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) via plain old telephone service (POTS) lines. POTS refers to the analog local loops (twisted pairs of copper wires) between the telephone company's local central office and the subscriber's premises. Most public telephone networks still have analog local loops from the local central office to the subscriber's premises, but have switched digital links between offices. The biggest limitation of analog modem technology over POTS lines is the current bandwidth restriction of 56 kilobits per second (Kbps). Newer broadband technologies offer dramatic improvements over analog lines. Table 1 compares 56-Kbps modems to the main broadband technologies that are competing for the residential Internet access market: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), cable modem, and the ADSL and G.lite versions of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. ---------- <remainder of wp deleted>