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Re: DEC Networking option - "ChannelWorks"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Updegrove)
Wed Nov 9 18:40:12 1994
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 18:19:36 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <9411091958.AA125705@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> from "Mike Gallagher" at Nov 9, 94 01:58:47 pm
From: danu@dccs.upenn.edu (Dan Updegrove)
Our DEC reps have been pitching the ChannelWorks product, too, although it
appears to us to be more effective as a way of bringing remote *buildings*
onto the Internet (assuming a nearby CATV cable) than to deliver Ethernet
to *individuals.*
I'm told this product:
- Originated from DEC's need to connect its Boston-area employees
- Has been used to advantage at Arizona State U
- Is built into the plans for the Pittsburgh "Common Knowledge" project,
which aims to connect some k12 schools to the Internet.
For more info, I checked the DEC server, www.dec.com. Here's the result:
Search Phrase: channelworks
ChannelWorks Internet Brouter
Customer Update Article -- Richly Formatted
August 1994, 3 Pages -- Score: 1000
Digital Announces ChannelWorks Internet Brouter
Press Release -- Richly Formatted
July 1994, 3 Pages -- Score: 463
ChannelWorks: Bridging LANS Via Cable Television
Infosheet -- Richly Formatted
January 1994, 3 Pages -- Score: 415
ChannelWorks Extended Ethernet LAN Connectivity
Customer Update Article -- Richly Formatted
April 1994, 2 Pages -- Score: 366
Convergence Systems To Resell ChannelWorks Product Line
Press Release -- Richly Formatted
May 1994, 2 Pages -- Score: 317
ChannelWorks Customer Wins and International Certification
Press Release -- Richly Formatted
May 1994, 3 Pages -- Score: 317
Digital Equipment Merges Cable TV and Data Networks
Press Release -- Richly Formatted
March 1994, 2 Pages -- Score: 268
Digital Equipment Announces Development of the Digital Channel
Press Release -- Text
May 1993, 3 Pages -- Score: 195
Digital and the Internet
Customer Update Article -- Richly Formatted
June 1994, 5 Pages -- Score: 170
Digital Announces Formation of Internet Business Group
Press Release -- Richly Formatted
August 1994, 2 Pages -- Score: 146
ChannelWorks: High Speed Data Transmission Via Cable TV
Presentation -- Abstract , PostScript
August 1994, 18 Slides -- Score: 146
Alliance Members Contribute To Multimedia Network
Backgrounder -- Richly Formatted
December 1993, 2 Pages -- Score: 122
Cable for Computing Survey
Miscellaneous -- Abstract , Text
September 1994, 2 Pages -- Score: 122
Regards,
Dan
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<in reply to msg from mrgallag@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Mike Gallagher).
>
> I recently received a form letter, questionare and brochure from Digital
> Equipment Corp. regarding a product called "ChannelWorks". The letter says
> that "... your existing Cable TV wiring could provide you with a
> high-bandwidth, low-cost way to network your computers -- and gain access to
> the Internet."
>
> The whole thrust of this mailing is to collect information not convey it. I
> dutifully completed the questionare and sent it in. They are supposed to
> send me some more information, (and a free Internet Access Guide!).
>
> The enclosed brochure offers no technical details just more hype.
>
> Snake oil or what? Anyone else see this mailing? Has anyone tried this out,
> does it work? Help?
>
> Thanks...
> Mike Gallagher
> Director of Network Services
> 3470 Information Systems
> mrgallag@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
>
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