Blowing the Bandwidth Doors Wide Open At Cable 2002; SwitchPoint Networks to Showcase ``DSDN'' -- a ``Last Mile'' Bottleneck Buster: Fast, Affordable and Reliable.Business Editors & Technology Writers Cable 2002 Booth No. 1969 DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2002 If we told you that there was a proven broadband product on the market that delivers a symmetrical data stream of 100 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. , you'd probably question our sanity. And why not? 100 megabits per second is at least ten times faster than both 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 and cable modems. Even more extraordinary is that this product is based on longstanding Ethernet technology that's thirty years old. Still doubtful? Well if you're at the National Cable Television Show in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded next week (May 5-9) you may be pinching yourself after seeing Denver-based SwitchPoint Networks showcase this product (dubbed DSDN DSDN Distributed Software Development Network DSDN Defence Switched Data Network (TM)) at booth number 1969 (between ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and The Playboy Channel booths). The company will reveal how it's taken a 30-year-old technology, Ethernet, into the outdoors and adapted it to provide unheard of, yet proven bandwidth for the home or office. Cable provider Wide Open West has deployed the technology in 12,000 homes in Denver and Lakewood, Colo. Says Bill Beans, Jr., SwitchPoint 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. : "The bandwidth is equivalent to fiber-to-the-home, but at a fraction of the cost. You've heard of 3G wireless -- this is 3G broadband that's commercially proven and available for deployment worldwide." About SwitchPoint Networks SwitchPoint Networks, Inc., designs, develops and markets Digital Switched Data Network(TM) (DSDN(TM)), a technology solution that enables the deployment of third-generation, 100 Mbps last-mile residential and small and medium business broadband networks (the "SwitchPoint DSDN Solution"). DSDN leapfrogs existing second-generation broadband platforms such as cable video networks deploying data modems (cable modems), and Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL) technology, in terms of both access speeds and service delivery capabilities. Moreover, the SwitchPoint DSDN Solution enables broadband service providers to offer the same speed and scalability as other fiber-based last-mile solutions at a fraction of the deployment cost. SwitchPoint markets its DSDN technology to network operators who are building the infrastructure needed to meet the growing demands for broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a and communications services. SwitchPoint's executive offices are in Denver with other offices in Orem, Utah, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The privately held, venture-backed company was founded in May 1998. For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.switchpointnetworks.com or call 720/284-3808. DSDN(TM) and Digital Switched Data Network(TM) are trademarks of SwitchPoint Networks, Inc. |
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