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Group to speed in-home networks

December 8, 1999

announced plans to develop standards to facilitate

high-speed in-home networks using existing phone

lines.

The new group, which calls itself the Home

Phoneline Networking Alliance, differs from other

home-focused networking efforts in that it intends

to create products to connect devices already

within a home, rather than finding ways to bring

high-speed lines from outside.

Founding members of the group span all corners of

the industry, such as Intel, 3Com, AT&T Wireless

Services, and Compaq Computer.

How would a home network based on phone lines

be used? The group expects consumers to connect

peripheral devices, such as printers and scanners,

share Net access and data, and play multiplayer

video games. A study by market researcher

Dataquest found that more than 15 million homes in

the United States have two or more PCs.

The move follows other high-profile

consumer-focused efforts, such as the new

DSL-focused group that was announced in

January. That effort hopes to bring high-speed

connections from service providers to the home.

Consumers are faced with a confusing array of

existing and promised technologies to facilitate

high-speed connections to the home, known in the

industry as the “last mile.” This focus on fat pipes to

the home is based on the explosion of the Net and

the desire by high-tech firms to make it as easy as

possible for consumers to surf their favorite sites,

therefore facilitating opportunities such as electronic

commerce.

The group is expected to finalize an initial standard

in the third quarter of this year, with products

supporting the specification due by year’s end.

Initial work will focus on speeds of 1 megabit per

second, with a second rollout intended to offer

10-megabit speeds over current copper phone

wires.

Those speeds dwarf current standard modem rates

but do not approach typical speeds found in office

networks.

Other founding members include Advanced Micro

devices , Epigram, Hewlett – Packard, IBM, Lucent

Technologies , Rockwell ‘s semiconductor systems

division, and Tut Systems, a start-up with financial

backing from Microsoft.

Technology from Tut and Epigram will be adopted

for use as part of the specifications.

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