AccessLan's Landmark VoDSL -- Voice-over-ATM and Voice-over-IP Demonstration At CompTel 2000 with JetStream, Tollbridge and CopperCom Heralds The Age Of Convergence In the Local Loop.

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CompTel 2000, Booth No. 959

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2000

AccessLan, Network Plus, TeleChoice and Telephony Magazine to

Host An Informative Seminar on the Future of PSTN, DSL and Internet

AccessLan Communications, Inc., pioneer of PacketLoop and the leading supplier of DSLAM equipment for VoDSL, announced today that it will showcase the industry's most comprehensive VoDSL demonstration (Booth No. 959) at the CompTel 2000 annual convention and trade expo at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, February 20-23, and host a seminar on the convergence of PSTN and Internet.

In the industry's most comprehensive demonstration of VoDSL, AccessLan will showcase its carrier-class PacketLoop product line and its Priority-Q software, which enables the delivery of carrier-class VoDSL and convergence of voice and data in the Local Loop at the show next week. During this four-day Expo, AccessLan will showcase a live demonstration of Voice-over-ATM (VoATM) with its VoDSL gateway partners JetStream and CopperCom; and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) in conjunction with its partner Tollbridge (www.tollbridge.com), an unprecedented demonstration that is a first-of-a-kind, highlighting the delivery of local dial-tone services over both ATM as well as IP.

AccessLan opens CompTel 2000 against a backdrop of several key announcements the company has made over the past few months reaffirming its VoDSL leadership:

-- Jim Crowley, Vice President and COO of AccessLan customer Network Plus.

-- Laurie Falconer, DSL consultant at TeleChoice; and

-- Susan Biagi, Managing Editor of Telephony Magazine

AccessLan, Network Plus, TeleChoice and Telephony Seminar

Additionally, AccessLan Vice President of Marketing Kumar Shah will be a featured speaker at a seminar on Monday, February 20 to discuss the evolution of the Local Loop for the next generation of PSTN and Internet deployment of VoDSL. He will also discuss the role of the DSL infrastructure in building out the next generation network and the business case for VoDSL. Other speakers will include:

-- Jim Crowley, Vice President and COO of AccessLan customer Network Plus.

-- Laurie Falconer, DSL consultant at TeleChoice; and

-- Susan Biagi, Managing Editor of Telephony Magazine

The seminar will take place from 8 am to 10:30 am. Invitees should RSVP by Friday, February 18 by calling 888/411-4DSL or on the web at www.accesslan.com/comptel.

&uot;AccessLan was the first DSLAM vendor to conceptualize, develop and deliver the sophisticated QoS management solution to enable integrated voice and data service delivery,&uot; said AccessLan's Shah. &uot;At the CompTel seminar we will examine the implications on PSTN and Internet of the `convergence in the Local Loop' revolution, which will shake the foundations of the $250B+ installed base of circuit-switched PSTN equipment, and the vast installed base of `best efforts' Internet access equipment. Seminar attendees will gain a pragmatic approach in laying out the VoDSL building blocks on the way to building the converged PSTN/Internet by hearing from Network Plus, the preeminent service provider leading VoDSL deployment, AccessLan, the equipment supplier enabling this deployment, a TeleChoice analyst that is the leading authority on the DSL market, and the editor of Telephone who has been tracking the development of this market.&uot;

About AccessLan

AccessLan Communications, Inc., a pioneer of PacketLoop -- the next generation Local Loop -- is a leading supplier of carrier-class DSLAM equipment for VoDSL, Internet, Frame Relay and VPN services. The company targets the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) market, with co-located Central Office equipment; the Business Tenant Services (BTS) market, with both stackable and chassis-based DSL devices specially designed for commercial buildings and office parks; and today's hottest cross-industry broadband service, Voice over DSL (VoDSL). AccessLan's PacketLoop DSL architecture and Priority-Q software provide intrinsic Quality-of-Service (QoS) management, ideally suited to delivery of differentiated services, including Voice, Internet/Intranet Access, Frame Relay, and VPN. Founded in 1997, AccessLan is financed by leading venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Berkeley International, Highland Capital, Tudor Private Equity Fund, The Ignite Group, Intel Corporation and NIF Ventures. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. For additional information, contact the company at 888/411-4DSL or visit the Web site at www.accesslan.com.

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