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To: telecomguy who wrote (6548)	8/14/2000 2:45:47 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

telecomguy, Why the hate for everything cisco? Today NT owns the long-haul ADM optical market. In OC-192 its share is about 90%. Thats even higher than cisco in core routing. But its not all optical just ADM - and while SONET is significant today it may not always be... However we both know that no carrier likes a one vendor relationship and as much as NT will remain #1 at 192 and above - someone (or two) will take up significant market share. Its clear that both NT and Cisco can win, jumping up and down about your belief that Cisco cannot do optical would be similar to me making too much of NT's dependence on Juniper at layer 3. Cisco is attempting to beat Lucent and others to #2. Does NT plan on re-entering the Layer 3 market or do you seriously think they will buy Juniper? John ps writing as an investor (not as an employee)