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`Copyright 1998 Network World, Inc.
`Network World
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`December 21, 1998
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`SECTION: INTERNETWORKS; Pg. 23
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`LENGTH: 351 words
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`HEADLINE: Cabletron enters cable modem fray
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`BYLINE: Jim Duffy
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`Anaheim, Calif.
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`Cabletron's new cable modem products are designed to let users access the Internet over cable TV networks.The
`company's offerings, announced at a recent cable network conference here, include a line of cable routers for the home
`and enterprise, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) module for the SmartSwitch Router (SSR) 8000/8600, as
`well as a net management application based on Cabletron's Spectrum management platform. The products are intended
`to utilize the existing cable TV infrastructure for Internet services such as voice over IP and video on demand.
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`For access from the home or enterprise, Cabletron's SSR 245 connects small-office LANs and workgroup nets to an
`Ethernet backbone and the Internet via a cable modem. Cabletron also rolled out the SSR 265, a Data Over Cable
`Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS)-compliant router with an integral cable modem. The DOCSIS specification
`defines interface requirements for cable modem interoperability.
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`Both products offer virtual private network tunneling and encryption, firewalling, and quality of service and
`constant bit rate service through DOCSIS 1.1 support.
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`In keeping with its plan to sell Layer 4 intelligent network services to service providers (NW, Nov. 30, page 23),
`Cabletron's cable modem effort is focusing in large part on the SSR. The SSR is a wire-speed gigabit switching router
`that can prioritize applications based on transport layer - or Layer 4 - TCP and User Datagram Protocol port
`information.
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`For management of cable modem networks, Cabletron says it is developing a DOCSIS management module for
`Spectrum. Through the DOCSIS management module, users can deploy Spectrum as an integrated platform on which to
`centralize control of CMTS, SSR 265 and multivendor cable modem and radio frequency equipment, Cabletron
`says.The SSR CMTS module is priced at $14,995 and will be available in the second quarter of 1999. The SSR 245
`costs $649 and is available now. The SSR 265 will be available in the second quarter of 1999. Pricing was not
`disclosed.=
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Exhibit 1070, p. 1
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`Cabletron: (603) 332-9400
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`LOAD-DATE: December 21, 1998
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Exhibit 1070, p. 2
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