At the turn of the century in 2000 the dot-com bubble suddenly burst, the market representing telecommunications and major corporations was glutted and sellers of global network equipment turned to the consumer market, the chief customer now being medium and small enterprises and the individual household.
來到世紀交替的 2000 年，驟逢全球網路泡沫破滅，代表電信和大企業的市場已經飽和過剩，網路設備於是轉進消費性市場，主要客戶成了中小企業和家庭網路。