WideBand Gigabit Ethernet Products First To Pass Test For Standard Cabling.Business Editors GALLATIN, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2002 WideBand's ProUSA Gigabit Ethernet NICs passed the functional cable test conducted by the International Academy of Science (www.science.edu ). The test uses a collection of 90 Category 5 cables to evaluate a product's ability to operate without errors over the installed base of cables used in most office buildings throughout the United States. The test was developed by the Ethernet User Alliance (EUA EUA Examination under anesthesia, see there ). "We discovered that many of today's networking products won't reach the 100-meter design specification without excessive errors," said Dr. Jay E. Potter, Secretary-General of the Alliance. "These errors manifest themselves as slow network connections. This effect is seen at network speeds 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. and becomes especially significant in Gigabit networks. The Alliance eE Certification assures users that the networking products they purchase have been tested on a diversity of cable types to help ensure that the products will operate properly in buildings wired according to the Cat 5 specification." The ProUSA family of networking products was developed by WideBand Corporation to eliminate the need to rewire re·wire v. re·wired, re·wir·ing, re·wires v.tr. To provide with new wiring: rewired the old house. v.intr. To install new wiring. , even over 100-meter segments, since these products do not require special cabling. The ProUSA Gigabit NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. is noted for its high performance, 10/100/1000 full duplex capability, PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. support with bus speeds up to 133 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , and the fact that it is "Made in America." The products are standards-based, and have been tested to interoperate with other brands of networking products. WideBand Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets Gigabit Networking products. WideBand Stock is traded on the OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). .BB Market (ZWBC), and on the Frankfurt Exchange (Stock symbol WDS Wds Words WDS Wireless Distribution System (Joint Common Database) WDS Wide-area Data Services WDS Wireless Domain Services (Cisco Systems technology) WDS Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy ). The Corporate website is http://www.wband.com. Investor information is available at http://www.zwbc.com. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains information that is "forward-looking" in that it describes conditions which WideBand Corporation reasonably expects to occur in the future. Expectations for future performance of the business of WideBand is dependent on a number of factors, and there can be no assurance that WideBand will achieve the results as contemplated herein. The accuracy of these statements cannot be guaranteed, as they are subject to a variety of risks, including the possibility that the described activities or events will not be completed or occur. |
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