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Article: Efficient launches T-1 gateway.(Efficient Networks' Siemens se5940 T1 Business Gateway)(Product Announcement)
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- Network World
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- June 3, 2002
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n BY MICHAEL MARTIN
DSL equipment provider Efficient Networks broke into the T-1 market last week by launching the Siemens se5940 T1 Business Gateway, which combines a CSU/DSU, router, firewall, Ethernet switch and back-up dial modem in one device.
Siemens is Efficient's parent company. Like the T-1 gateway, some new products from Efficient will carry the Siemens brand, while others will be Efficient-branded.
While the price of T-1 service continues to come down, T-1 gateways continue to be expensive, says Todd Tatum, the product line manager for Efficient's Business Solutions Division.
Efficient's gateway, which costs about $1000, is ...