1. Municipal PBX and Data Systems Integration on Fiber/Cable Plants
INTELLIPHONE, INC.
The convergent technology people

2. Objective
Converge telephone and data systems at the city/state/town agencies of Massachusetts
Provide single point of entry for phone callers
Provide seamless access to all departments
Leverage high bandwidth, high reliability
data networking
Consolidate access to public telephone/data
network services

3. Presentation Audience
Municipal Bandwidth Providers
Power and Light Companies
Fiber data delivery systems
Cable Companies
Broadband cable delivery systems
Municipal Bandwidth Consumers
Schools, Town/City Halls, Departments
Courthouses, Hospitals, State Agencies

4. Convergence Leverages high bandwidth
Better
Customer Service
Telephone
Computer
Centralized
Data Network
Leverages high bandwidth
fiber/cable networks
Provides campus style phone network
Combines individual cost centers
Reduces total costs

5. 3Com Layer 2 Technology (router-less)
Phones connected to switches
connected to fiber/cable plant
Phone
Very popular as switches
become more sophisticated
and less expensive
Switches
Simple to manage
3Com NBX Technology
Fiber/Cable Plant

6. Layer 3 technology (outdated)
Phones connected to switches connected to routers
connected to Fiber plant
Fiber/Cable Plant
$$$ Router $$$
Switches
Phone
Popular with router manufacturers
Requires in-depth knowledge of
sophisticated communication devices
Expensive to install and maintain

7. Municipal Voice & Data Network
3Com telephone network topology
Bandwidth
Telephony
Users
Fiber/Cable
Switch Stack
Cat 5 Cabling
Voice Mail
Extensions
Desktop
Clients
Reception
Console
Easier
Faster
Flexible
Mobile
Work at Home

8. WWW LAN Telephony Systems
Who is 3Com?
Secured 74% of the fast growing LAN telephony market in 2000
Leader for the second
consecutive year in
networked telephony
market
3Com Corporation
(Nasdaq: COMS)
Other
13%
Cisco
13%
3COM
74%
WWW LAN Telephony Systems
Market Share CY2000