Cablevision Launches Residential VoIP in New York

Cablevision, which provides cable TV service to some 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area, launched a residential VoIP service offering unlimited local, regional and long distance calls throughout the U.S. and Canada for $34.95 per month. The "Optimum Voice" service includes five premium calling features: call waiting, caller ID, call return, three-way calling and call forwarding. Optimum Voice works over a cable modem with household electricity as its power source (no back-up). International calling must be made via prepaid...

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Broadcom Introduces 5th Generation GigE Switch Processors

Broadcom introduced its fifth-generation of integrated Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch chips designed for small-to-medium businesses (SMB). The new processors enable 24-, 16-, 8-, 5-, and 4-port GbE switches to be manufactured as single-chip solutions and 48-port GbE switches to be manufactured as multi-chip solutions. A key innovation with Broadcom's latest ROBOswitch line-up is the integration of a GbE copper physical layer transceiver (PHY) onto the 8-port, 5-port and 4-port switch chips. In addition to offering microcontroller and Ethernet...

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