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To: The Phoenix who wrote (6529)	8/14/2000 1:35:51 PM
From: Lerxst	Respond to of 14638

Hi Gary, Please elaborate on how SONET and SDH do not inter-operate today or how two SONET boxes do not necessarily inter-operate. Is it the underlying transport technology that does not interoperate or is it that the OAM/NMS of one vendor might not interoperate with the OAM/NMS of another? A subtle distinction, but an important one, I think, in determining if SONET/SDH are a "dead" technology. If its the underlying transport technology that is the problem, please point to the relevant sections of GR-253/1377 and/or ITU-T G.703/707 that preclude the technologies from interworking. As for NT being untouchable in the optical market, I would certainly agree with you in that no one is positively untouchable. If that were true, NT would never have been able to leapfrog LU and Ciena by skipping the OC-48 market and going straight to OC-192. LU/Ciena owned the Oc-48 market, so NT was forced to go to OC-192, a big gamble that ultimately is paying off now. Regards, Lerxst