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Cisco Delivers High-Speed DSL Router to Small/Medium Business and Small Branch Office Environments

Business Wire, Dec 15, 1998

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998--Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, today shipped the Cisco 1400 series, a new generation of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) routers, powered by Cisco IOS(R), for small and medium-sized businesses and small branch offices.

The Cisco 1401 DSL router, the first product in the Cisco 1400 series, offers high-speed Internet/intranet access with advanced security, high quality of service (QoS), ease of use, and management. The Cisco 1400 series is a key part of Cisco's comprehensive end-to-end DSL networking solution.

"The Cisco 1401 DSL router meets the needs of small and medium-sized businesses searching for a secure, high-speed, cost-effective remote access solution and underscores our commitment to extending DSL technology to the small and medium business segment," said Bruce Laird, senior director of marketing of the Remote Internetworking Business Unit at Cisco Systems. "Cisco's DSL solutions will accelerate business growth for our small and medium business customers by enabling their high-performance Internet applications."

Cisco 1401 DSL Router

The Cisco 1401 features a 10BaseT Ethernet and a standard ATM25 interface, which provides seamless connectivity to an ATM cell-based WAN infrastructure. The ATM25 interface allows an external demarcation point as required by most postal telephone and telegraphs (PTTs) and telcos worldwide, and can be combined with an external ATM25 -DSL modem, such as the Cisco 626, to provide high-speed Internet/intranet access at up to 8 Mbps.

The Cisco 1401 router delivers important ATM and multiprotocol ben new classes of multimedia applications, which ure Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and distantion are available at http://www.cisco.com.

Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks and IOS is a trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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