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Show SwitchPointKeeps Cities Wired for FastA a 5 = BY VINCE HORIUCHI =. THESALTLAKE TRIBUNE tees the hati BE tichal sac o a © times faster than cable modems. “Werunafiber[optic] backbone Fork and Way not be known for a lot of off of that with but they do have the dis- bling,” said ofhaving some ofthe fast@t Websurfers on the Internet. .vice president Rondo Fehiberg. “These communities are the most more capabilities than anyone.” wired in the world. They have ‘Keith ocean int” nee _ itchPoint’s, downloading 3,500 homes in both communities are up a per Internet connection into ‘neighborhoods. wineDSL uses existing then wecome lines and cable modems use cable a television's network, executive requires building a whole new in- founded by Utah County computer Thanks toa 3-year-oldcompany "ate Rowoter, i building its or video happens in minutes instead ofhours, and subscribers can frastructure into ‘The companydoesn'twantto be. in the business of into the i theywant tolicensethetechnology can be'as much as 2,000 times. a connecttomore thanone Webpage cs rey » Internet technology developer SwitchPoint Networks Inc. uses speci. i ic comPoonts cua alee cable that de- “This operateslikeagiantLAN lan fics networkssale Curt Alb business development. “We have ect residents in Denver and Fort Worth, SwitchPoint's “Idon’t know ofanything that’s man, SwitchPoint's manager liver the World Wide Web even smart components outin the field faster than Qwest’s DSL serviceor AT&T’scable modem. SwitchPoint that manage the network and make the fast speeds.” claims its system is 14timesfaster Where the company has to Yh A outto companies who will go in and string up homes with it WideOpenWest, a Colorado com- \Jé aoe as FeNan) 7 that builds ‘new Internet in. ‘ie i Tee cok. faster for the residential BY TRACI CARL S hoods,” Allman said. “Ifthey are,I haven't seen them, andmyjob isto Spe aera ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS MEXICO CITY — Last year, Mexico ‘a peaceful transition to 2 Videos : On Demand on to provide content, and only one roll out the service by the start of rently is negotiatingwith others.In _ies will remain the same, but Gill- is a major, MGM. Blockbuster cur- the meantime, the newest movies . available on the service areabout6 . months oe they have ap- Being Tested the summer. The price ofthe mov- man said they may add a monthly cost to leasing the set-top box. Blockbuster’s “People about the Mexicofor thisyear. Shecctineed pee c teortntsconan investors SantanderInvestment here have yet to enjoy the ride. Mexico's ee a democracy, its doesn’t ea pe yostengs pearedinvideostoresttodo demanddoes away with the nest Rovent been i ‘i i stores, Gilman suspects mirrored dome fl stock Se chances for a further slump if the economic deepens. Tear the pplgewhere in Latin America, aren :2 E is convince film studios that their Continued from D-1 system is hack-proof so people do not steal copies of the movies. For gecasional bandwidth congestion, , one, Blockbuster’s set-top box does quirements for the service means average moviegoers still will tarn _p the video counter for their home *Paes means that only those vith the speediest Web connecoan, Bice hoesnay regular broadl connections like Qwest’s DSL or AT&T's cable modems don’t have Thternet access fast enough to carry Blockbuster’s service. ‘ Perhaps an even moredifficult cannot save ‘ilman security protocols in place in the network to seven anyonefree siphoulie the viideo stream anot computer, “What we've done with anumer of studios is we went through the nature of the configuration of our network and the way we handle the security,” he said. “This moun Pee oe pe einethis Ameree ate ie ee bring movies “Picture a video store live on your and thatis ultimately what we want to have with this system,” Gillman Percent es tion — invest in their r Began, experience major Dora. ts saoch estdieg Saat second-steepest leadingregional _ only Argentina, whose market plunged 24 percent in dollar terms and un- than! Pender Most analysts agree this year looks better for LatinAmerican stocks, particularly Brazil, where officials have been able to push down interest rates without sparking inflation. Lower rates tend to spur consumer spending and business expansion. far, only four studios have signed After that, Blockbuster hopes to ofthe viewingexperience,” Mexico's yee worry tion six years ago that sent interest eo for PomePs wa oe eeeae ne baa enee obstacle for Blockbusteris getting the movies people wantto see. So stuffnever leaves our network.” Thetrial lasts through March. the bolsa. waked Desptie ah ieoeahie the high cost and steep speed re- t “There’s no more trips tothe video store,just a complete control aa , Widespread pover economic crises mean EeeTe eae like Mexico is mired in recession. n among more about U.S. mar] ‘ . A Californians Voice Recognition Improves, Oppose Plant Construction 2 7 ze a BY BRUCE MYERSO! @ Continued from D-1 eee 3 NEW YORK — In the movies, ativocates say they can be cleaner than existing industries, ; Jerry Martin, a spokesman.for computers are always good listeners. In real life, they only hear what they wantto hear. Board, said a 550-megawatt plant planned for Los Angeles County Would be very clean for an opera- speak with their machines, to browse the Internet by voicerather than keystroke, recent strides in the California’ Air Resources Antti » “Tt would be put in an area near & big warehouse,” Martin said. orscetimatedthateplantwould eee ‘ economy that make x With its diesel trucks going bac 7 ’ didn’treflectlastyear’s — “Natural language un. Holy Grail areas.” . e JS, Bill DeStefanis ; i onesie Mobi ment Mexico does Z which Paralyu provitheeaseandoper,” by balm a x duetobelatinched in June peelaf a free-flowing dialogue andeanceeet instead, the machines ionopo- higher,"headded, Although speech technology somebody would earee nino going to miss some,”said bead at L&H, which is currently cormands that stray. ing is one of those Holy Grail ar- than trying to master the entire for Lernout wuspie, a leader in dictation software and text-to- increase accuracy.” baie why the most effective used to make computers read has. been with automated tele- Corporate park in Coyote Valley in residentialJapa Seg Bart because the siteits ooclose to : “There 7 ;, tainty about the local air quality iiipacts,” said city spokesman David Vossbrink. “We're not op- Posed to it ifa goodpractical site environment.” Mexico’s stock market has recov- ead code them tate _ pitching a new speech system for ae TS, ORGANIZATION = Executive Women = Salt Lake Olymple phones and handheld computers speech technologies, which are use of voice-activation qrivers, the attraction is even aloud. with tiny keypads and screens. For "jn Jess than three months, more than 200,000 of America Online’s phone systems that provide cus- The main obstacle for natural tomer service for businesses like speech technology involves simple brutepower. = airlines and credit card compa. nies, Because they are usually de- : The California Energy Commission, which licensesnew power plants and is considering 14 new Ones statewide, endorsed the pro- members have signed up for AOLbyPhone, oneofseveralnew“‘voice portals” whose recorded voices read small nuggets of online infor- While huge gains in processing speeds have helped computers tackle the listening part of the equation and specific signed for a specific purpose, those spam can be customized to understand more select vocabulary, even ifthose words are spo- posed San Jose plant in October and could effectively overrule the mationto callers in response toset spoken commands. words, it requires a lot more firepower to make that machine com- ken in different combinations. “Context is very important,” The commission has licensed one powerplantagainst a community’s wishes. But thatplant in the Hunter's Point area of San Francisco never was built because the land couldnot be obtained. showing interest. In a survey of Palm users, “about 36 percent acknowledged that they used the Palm and thecell phoneas they were driving,” said Tom O'Gara, chief executive of tions of words used to express ofmarketingat Nuance, which has Die eee eke eae for aspeech system that can recognize ‘I need a pizza’ is not crucial.” Palm computer users are also prehend the countless combina- said Steve Ehrlich, vice president UTEcH SPEAKER SERIES Teacuine -& PRESENTS Carolyn Kroit Reipy Presibent AND PususHER Sion & ScHuster Trae Division S LOWEST PRICES HOW TO CREATE HIGH [ “Wt has been interesting and pleasing to me to see ourmanagers have “the light”come on one by one as to what we are trying to accomplish. 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While the latest speech engines { a bank the country’s scandal. “T didn’t lose a lot, but it would have been bettertohavethemoney in a bank,” she said. Bullish on better than 90 percent accuracy, a vast improvement from only five . 4 and barely even noticed ports to its northern neighbor, can recognize spoken words with ‘Tharsday, Feuruary 8, 2001 that But a bigger worry for Mexico ‘%®, s0°k market's fall — even from cars to tequila to television derstanding is one ofthose percentage ofher savings there in Muchas people would like to lize the discussion. Ramirez, a magazine apesJose, the heart of Silicon | worst et Year, said Francisco. —iratirscnencna,butseconomy, Mamewormfx Mei neighbor. Mexico’s bolsa domi- and forth. It’s still being heavily city council’s land-use ruling. ‘Mexico has yet to do the same, smarting from a pesodevalua- barome- or vrlieg that of its southern spurred by a 40 the technologyMarket in the drop ‘Nasdaq United States. 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