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To: jghutchison who wrote (9292)	6/26/2000 5:37:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

From an article about MRVC: The main players to introduce all-optical cross connects were Lucent (NYSE:LU), Xros, Nortel (NYSE:NT), Astarte and Agilent (NYSE:A). A cross connect is simply a big switch that can serve as a major intersection - switching many lines simultaneously. The moves into all-optical by the readiest players renders some of the electronic switches still being developed by Cisco's Monterey (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Ciena (NASDAQ:CIEN) curiously outdated. The key lies in the fact that mirrors are infinitely more patient with higher bit rates than their predecessors because they do no processing, demuxing or remuxing. ragingbull.com Mirrors more patient than electronic switches because they do no processing? As I understand it, the processing still has to be done at the edge. Will electronic switches become obsolete except at the edge?