Some corrections: Analog modems and modem PC cards go the new company with Accton and NatSteel. NICs and combo PC cards stay with 3Com. Switch 4000, not 2000 (who cares about the number anyway?)new product (?). 3Com will OEM Copper Mountain DSLAM as Total Control 500. New logo sucks (you can see at the press box in 3Com's web site) Sonny

From: Nicolas St-Pierre <nstpierre@iasl.com> Reply-To: usr-tc@lists.xmission.com To: usr-tc@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: (usr-tc) Is 3Com going to give us the SHAFT?! Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:56:59 -0500

3Com is shedding Netbuilder and Pathbuilder to Motorola

Corebuilder goes to Extreme Networks.

They are spinning off the NICs and the Modems to/with ACCTON Technologies and form a new company "US Robotics" (20% ownership by 3Com).

They are selling the Mt Pleasant FAB (HiPer DSP?) to NatSteel Electronics.

They are now reselling Copper Mountain CopperEdge 150 and 200 DSLAM? (hopefully a trend to put it in TC!!)

They will be reselling F5 Labs layer 4 switches and new Corebuilder based switch as "Switch 2000?"

TotalControl stays with 3Com. CDMA , Cable , Dial, SS7 and DSL is their new target CPE Devices for Cable and DSL will also be part of 3Com

Looks like they're concentrating on TC and the CPE.

o, and a new logo too!

I got that info from the conference call.

Greg Long wrote:

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Form the sound of the article, they are drop-kicking teh dial-up modem business, but they are holding on to the ISP hardware. Another article mentioned they were selling the ISP hardware part to Motorola. Of

course

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all of this won't be known for sure for a few days still as the dust settles and the "misunderstandings" created by the journalists disappear.

-Greg

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-----Original Message----- From: owner-usr-tc@lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-usr-tc@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:56 PM To: USRobotics TC Mailing List Subject: (usr-tc) Is 3Com going to give us the SHAFT?!

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It doens't sound like they are spinning it off, it sounds like they plan to 86 it................if that's the case.........well then we are fscked.

Brian

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