Asante Announces RadioShack Broadband Connection.Business Editors 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)--March 6, 2001 Award-Winning Routers and RadioShack Expertise Put High-Speed Internet See broadband. Connections Within Easy Reach for Millions of Home and Office Consumers Asante Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASNT ASNT American Society of Non-destructive Testing ASNT American Society for Neural Transplantation ASNT Astrological Association of North Texas (Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex) ASNT Application Sharing Nt .OB) today announces that RadioShack (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RSH (Remote SHell) A Unix command that enables a user to remotely log into a server on the network and pass commands to it. It is similar to the rlogin command, but provides passing of command line arguments to the command interpreter on the server at the same time. ) will make it easier than ever for home and office consumers to enjoy high-speed Internet connections. Asante Technologies will provide the award-winning Asante FriendlyNET Cable/DSL routers to RadioShack to capture the exploding market of consumers seeking a trustworthy, plug-and-play, Internet connection for their home and office. Complete Solutions at RadioShack With breakthrough simplicity, Asante and RadioShack are demystifying broadband connectivity for the masses: Consumers can visit radioshack.com online or call the Commercial and Industrial sales hotline to purchase Asante networking products. The key component is the Asante FriendlyNET Cable/DSL router, recipient of six major awards and accolades, including top ratings from PC World, Macworld, and MacsOnly. The FriendlyNET router has been praised for its ease of use, advanced security, and performance. The Asante FriendlyNET router provides customers with a "best-of-class" solution for allowing multiple Mac, PC, and Linux computers to securely share a high-speed Internet connection. After evaluating numerous products, ease of use became a paramount requirement, and the Asante routers were head-and-shoulders above the competition when it came to ease of setup and features. Wilson Wong, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President of Asante, added, "As the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, RadioShack will make it easy for consumers to order Asante networking products from anywhere in the world. With more than 7,100 stores and dealers, RadioShack sells more electronics parts and accessories than any other retailer. It is estimated that 94 percent of Americans live or work within five minutes of a RadioShack store or dealer." Award Winning Routers Asante's FriendlyNET Router received top ratings and awards from many reviewers. Macworld Magazine gave it the top rating and calls it the "Best value." They also gave it accolades for its context-sensitive menus that simplify configuration. PC World says, "Our Best Buy is Asante's FriendlyNET FR3004LC. It's easier to configure than most of the competing routers, and it offers a backup modem port and an integrated print server." MacsOnly praised the router for its broader set of connection protocols and better group configuration than competing routers. They called it "outstanding." Availability RadioShack has built a reputation on their nationwide sales team's patience, knowledge and integrity of products, making them America's favorite and most trusted store for electronic products and services. Asante becomes a part of RadioShack's broadband product lineup, which also includes Microsoft MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). HighSpeed, Excite@Home, NorthPoint Communications NorthPoint Communications (Former NASDAQ: NPNT) was a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), focused on data transmission rather than voice. Its business plan involved leasing copper telephone lines from local phone companies, then selling them at wholesale prices to , and StarBand Communications. Asante joins RadioShack's efforts to "Demystify de·mys·ti·fy tr.v. de·mys·ti·fied, de·mys·ti·fy·ing, de·mys·ti·fies To make less mysterious; clarify: an autobiography that demystified the career of an eminent physician. Technology" and make it easier than ever to Connect -- People, Places and Things People, Places and Things is an unpublished collection of short stories by US author Stephen King, written in 1960 together with his friend Chris Chesley and published using their own press. . Consumers can purchase Asante products from RadioShack by clicking http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname= CTLG&product%5Fid=950%2D1278 or by calling the order hotline at 800/442-7221. About Asante Asante Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of network solutions for small offices/home offices, education (K-12 and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. ) and enterprises. The company's FriendlyNET products simplify networking and provide Internet access for mobile and office professionals. The company's IntraCore products support multi-service applications for large enterprises. For additional information, visit www.asante.com or call 800/566-6680 for FriendlyNET products or 800/303-9121 for IntraCore products. Note to Editors: Asante is a registered trademark; FriendlyNET and IntraCore are trademarks of Asante Technologies, Inc. |
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