Bridge Communications, Inc. was founded by
Judy Estrin and
Bill Carrico in 1981 and was based in
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, it has a population of 82,376.
Mountain View was integral to the early history and growth of Silicon Valley, and is th ...
. Bridge Communications made computer
network bridges,
routers, and
communications servers. They specialized in inter-connecting different kinds of networks.
[
According to Judy Estrin, Bridge Communications shipped the first commercial router.]3Com
3Com Corporation was an American digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney and others. Bill Krause joined as President in 1981. Metcalfe e ...
on September 30, 1987.
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Defunct networking companies
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