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x2/DSL Endorsements and Comments


Microsoft Endorsement

Craig Mundie, Senior VP of the Consumer Platforms Division at Microsoft Corporation said, "Delivering the Internet, data services and connectivity through the Public Network infrastructure is a major challenge. Microsoft is working with various hardware and software partners to deliver an end-to-end solution enabling Public Network Operators to offer these services through the Public Networks infrastructure. ADSL running over the existing telephony network is a key piece of the solution. U.S. Robotics' unique approach to combining 56 kilobit analog and ADSL into a single modem will make the transition easier and help realize our common vision."


Aware Endorsement

"We are pleased to be partnered with U.S. Robotics. As a market leader in both voice band modems and remote access products, U.S. Robotics is uniquely positioned to establish a broad commercial market for hybrid modems," says Jim Bender, Aware president and CEO.


Texas Instruments Comment

"Going forward, TI and USR are working together to deliver a family of tailored networking solutions at different price/performance points, all based on the 'C6x architecture, and with the same inherent extensibility to include new value-added features," said Greg Waters, director of TI's Networking Business Unit. "In addition to silicon architectures, this work will focus on solving industry level issues such as modulation, signal integrity, standards, traffic management and others. Our vision is to make high performance network access available to users of our platforms available anywhere, anytime, while driving affordability and new applications to the end-user."


U.S. Robotics Comment

"We're going to protect the customer's investment with an affordable transition to x2 and ADSL, no matter which directions the standards take, and even if different service providers support different protocols." said Ron Westernik, vice president of marketing for U. S. Robotics' Broadband Access Communication Division.


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