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Technology Stocks : PSIX up 26.5%, Takeover(?)

PSIX 65.77

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Dec 11 3:59 PM EST

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To: Daniel Fisher who wrote (867)	3/25/1997 11:29:00 PM
From: Frank Mathis	of 5650

Daniel, Based on my knowledge of the company, PSINet's backbone is T-3 from coast to coast with with ATM switches at each hub. They may lease the T-3 lines from MCI, WCOM, etc., but they don't just pop a router on top of the T-3 lines like other ISP's do. The use of ATM switches allows PSINet to control the lines at the data level which allows them to provide services like PVC's(private virtual circuits-private amount of bandwidth within a T-1, say 256k ,dedicated to private,secure transmission of data) which allows customers that utilize PSINet's network to set up a private corporate intranet within PSINet's public network. This saves corporations money due to the fact that they no longer have to lease expensive point to point lines from the phone companies. Just my two cents. Sorry if I sound like I was once a PSINet sales rep. Check out this site: psi.net Frank

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