Prior to this release, our largest model, the NE-3000 was rated for 350 megabits. Many of our current customers liked our technology, but just needed a higher end machine. The other good news is that our current NE-3000 platform will be able to run this new version with just a software upgrade, no forklift required.

Future releases are in the works for even higher speeds and more users, thus solidifying APConnections as the price-performance leader in the WAN optimization market place.

In its initial release, the one-gigabit model will start at $8,500 USD. For more information, contact us at 1-800-918-2763 or via email at sales@netequalizer.com.

An additional revenue generating feature of the NAC module is the ability to run advertisements on the login screens. For example, if you're hotel operator, even if you're not charging for Internet service, you could have your guests login on a screen with the logo and name of a local merchant, or anybody is interested in cross marketing with your hotel.

The NAC module has customizable splash screens on its default login page that you can edit, thus welcoming your users with whatever content you choose.

For more information about the NetEqualizer network access control module, visit our Web page at www.netequalizer.com or contact us at 1-800-918-2763 or via email at sales@netequalizer.com.

LAFAYETTE, Colo., October 28, 2008 - APconnections, a leading supplier of plug-and-play bandwidth shaping products, today made a formal announcement to formally discontinue deep packet inspection techniques in their NetEqualizer product line.

"Our behavior-based techniques worked so well that current customers stopped asking for the layer-7 techniques we had at one time implemented into our system," said Art Reisman, CEO of APconnections. "So, we eventually just decided to phase the technique out completely."

Although deep packet inspection, also known as layer-7 shaping, was unofficially discontinued nearly two years ago, the ongoing debates over user privacy spurred the official announcement.

"What prompted us to make a formal announcement was the continued industry lack of understanding that deep packet inspection not only does not work very well, but it also puts you are at risk of violating privacy laws if you use these techniques without customer consent," said Reisman.

Although Reisman says most providers cross this line with the good intentions of controlling traffic congestion, the reality of it is that it's no different than listening to a private phone conversation and terminating the call if you don't like what you hear.

"It's quite risky that any public US based ISP would invest in this technique, especially after the FCC slapped Comcast's wrists in a recent decision" said Reisman.

One law expert in the field warns that deep packet inspection could land you in jail.

Visit our Web page at www.netequalizer.com or contact us at 1-800-918-2763 or via email at admin@apconnections.net.

The time has come to announce this round's winner.

And the winner is...Matthew Carey of Last Mile Communications.

Congratulations, Matthew! Please contact us within 30 days at admin@apconnections.net or 1-800-918-2763 to claim your prize.

Well, thanks to one of our customers (an operator on the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC who wanted to remain anonymous), we have the following tip.

You'll need to get the binary for this e-mail send client from us, but once you have it, you can follow his simple instructions.

Here they are...

You specify the IP number of the smtp server which you want to connect to and it delivers the message (piped or stdin) to that server.

To send an email "job completed":

echo "job completed" | ./smtpclient -s job-done -fneteqmachine.domain.com -S192.168.1.1 recipeitn@domain.com

Here are the command options:

Usage: smtp [options] recipients...

Message header options:

• s, --subject=STR (subject line of message)
• f, --from=ADDR (address of the sender)
• r, --reply-to=ADDR (address of the sender for replies)
• e, --errors-to=ADDR (address to send delivery errors to)
• c, --carbon-copy=ADDR (address to send copy of message to)

Processing options:

• S, --smtp-host=HOST (host where MTA can be contacted via SMTP)
• P, --smtp-port=NUM (port where MTA can be contacted via SMTP)
• M, --mime-encode (use MIME-style translation to quoted-printable)
• L, --use-syslog (log errors to syslog facility instead of stderr)

Giving feedback:

• v, --verbose (enable verbose logging messages)
• V, --version (display version string)
• h, --help (display this page)