AccessLan Introduces and Ships Industry's First Stackable Multiaccess DSL Concentrator Product Line for the Business Tenant Services Market.Business Editors &High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 PL-1000 Stackable DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Concentrators Represent a New Service-Delivery Paradigm, Replacing Stackable Ethernet Hubs A device that all lines on an Ethernet segment are plugged into. 10Base-T and 100Base-T Ethernets are star networks and require a hub for operation. The earlier 10Base5 and 10Base2 Ethernets are bus networks, but are often wired into a star configuration using a central hub for improved Currently Used in the BTS BTS - Bug Tracking System Market AccessLan Communications Inc., pioneer of PacketLoop and the No. 1 supplier of DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. equipment for VoDSL service delivery, today announced the introduction and shipment of the industry's first stackable DSL concentrators targeted at the burgeoning Business Tenant Services (BTS) market. The PL-1000 Stackable DSLAM product line, consisting of a variety of multiservice, multiaccess stackable modules, brings to the BTS market unprecedented service flexibility and scalability. The PL-1000 product family replaces stackable Ethernet hubs while eliminating the distance limitations of Ethernet technology. &uot;AccessLan's PL-1000 Stackable DSL concentrators fundamentally change the economics, scalability and service flexibility for delivery of broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. in the BTS market,&uot; said Jim McKenna, president and chief executive officer of Atlanta-based Edge Connections. &uot;Stackable DSL technology enables us to mix and match DSL service modules to deliver a wide variety of services over a multitude of DSL technologies. We can also add modules as we acquire customers, and share expensive network bandwidth across multiple stackable modules at the lowest cost of entry in the industry.&uot; The PL-1000 product line builds on and integrates the previously announced PL-1010 and PL-1014 SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line Concentrators to offer an elegant scalability solution that the BTS market has been lacking. The existing customers of PL-1010/PL-1014 will be able to add PL-1000 stackable modules to their solutions, to offer a larger number of subscriber ports of various flavors while sharing the network bandwidth across a variety of network interfaces. The stackable product line is the latest in a series of industry firsts for AccessLan in its BTS market initiative. AccessLan's previous firsts include:
-- PL-1010/PL-1014, the industry's first DSL concentrator developed
specifically for the BTS market;
-- PL-300, the industry's first Multi-line DSL Router/DSU; and
-- AccessLan's PacketLoop 360 Business Builder Program, a turnkey
portfolio of technical, sales and marketing support programs that
assist customers at every stage of DSL deployment.
In the current announcement, AccessLan introduced a number of stackable modules and bundles providing unprecedented scalability ranging from 20 to 1,000 SDSL ports, 12 to 96 T1/E1 ports, up to four T3/E3 access ports, and T1/E1, NxT1/E1, T3/E3, OC-3 trunk ports. Bundles include:
-- PL-1000-DS1 Stack -- 44 DSL ports, 4 DS1 trunks;
-- PL-1000-DS-1-IMA Stack -- 44 DSL ports, 4xDS1 IMA trunk;
-- PL-1000-DS-3 Stack -- 44 DSL ports, 24 DS1 ports, DS3 trunk;
-- PL-1000-OC-3 Stack -- 44 DSL ports, 24 DS1 ports, 4 DS3 ports,
1 OC-3 trunk.
Prices for these PL-1000 Stackable concentrator bundles range from $11,995 to $62,995, offering a 30 percent to 50 percent price advantage over other comparable solutions in the industry. The DS1, DS1-IMA, DS3 and OC-3 stacks are available immediately. The NxDSL stack will be available in the second quarter of 2000. &uot;InfoHighway has been deploying AccessLan's PL-1010 and PL-1014 concentrators because they offered the best performance combined with the lowest cost of entry in the industry,&uot; said Peter Karoczkai, senior vice president of sales and marketing for InfoHighway Inc. &uot;The ability to stack multiple PL-1010s and PL-1014s along with other access and network modules makes AccessLan's product offering unbeatable and a perfect match for our requirements for the BTS market.&uot; &uot;The number of DSL lines deployed in the BTS market is projected to grow at triple-digit rates over the next three years and is projected to capture more than 35 percent of all DSL lines deployed in the business market,&uot; said Director of BTS Marketing Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
&uot;With the introduction of the PL-1000 Stackable product line, we have an unsurpassed DSL product offering for BTS. Combined with our comprehensive and unmatched PacketLoop 360 Business Builder Program, announced last December, our DSL solutions make AccessLan an ideal partner for any BTS provider.&uot; &uot;The rollout of our stackable DSL concentrator product family continues AccessLan's aggressive push into the BTS market,&uot; said Kumar Shah, AccessLan vice president of marketing. &uot;Combined with the strengths of our C.O. product offering and our leadership in delivery of VoDSL services, AccessLan is driving the deployment of DSL in C.O. as well as BTS applications and benefiting from the explosive growth and deployment of DSL in both C.O. and BTS markets.&uot; About AccessLan AccessLan Communications, a pioneer of PacketLoop -- the next- generation Local Loop -- is a leading supplier of carrier-class, business-focused DSL concentration and access equipment. The company targets the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ) 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 creates a variable-rate infrastructure with intrinsic Quality-of-Service (QoS) management. It is ideally suited to delivery of differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. , including Internet/Intranet Access, Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and VoDSL. The PacketLoop product family comprises highly scalable and reliable broadband service multiplexer See multiplexor and multiplexing. multiplexer - multiplexor and service concentrator products for the Central Office, CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment devices, affordable mini-POPs BTS applications and a carrier-class network management system. Founded in 1997, AccessLan is financed by leading venture-capital firms Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. , Accel Partners, Berkeley, Highland Capital, Tudor Private Equity Fund, The Ignite Group, Intel Corp. and NIF NIF See: Note issuance facility Ventures. The company has headquarters in San Jose. For additional information, contact the company at 888/411-4DSL or visit the Web site at www.accesslan.com. Note to Editors: AccessLan and PacketLoop are trademarks of AccessLan Communications Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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