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To: P.M.Freedman who wrote (1009)	1/22/1998 2:24:00 PM
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But Level 3's network would differ from the others in its reliance on Internet Protocol, or IP, technology. IP can allow networks to be used more efficiently but can also be less reliable than traditional networks. Traditional networks generally allow voice and data messages to be transmitted in one continuous chunk. IP networks break messages into small packets that are each sent independently to their destination. ''IP is ready for prime time,'' said James Q. Crowe, Level 3's chief executive, who was MFS's chairman. He said, however: ''With today's technology, IP is fine for anything that's not timing-sensitive, like data or fax. Anything that's timing-sensitive, primarily voice and video, isn't handled very well.'' But Crowe said that advances in the technology over the next few years would allow Level 3 to offer voice quality equal to that of more traditional systems. Crowe said that Level 3 had about $2 billion in cash but that it was confident it could raise the remainder necessary to complete its network.

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