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To: Sergio H who wrote (20784)	8/28/2000 5:30:51 AM
From: Ditchdigger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29382

Thanks for the CHK info Sergio...Anyone notice what has happened the previous 2 years about this time of the year? 207.61.23.98 Hi ho, hi ho...it's off ....we'll you know the drill<g> :*)

To: Sergio H who wrote (20784)	8/28/2000 12:45:35 PM
From: Jibacoa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29382

Pretty good news on LPTH today: LightPath Technologies Introduces New Fiber Optic Switch at NFOEC ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- LightPath Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPTH - news), manufacturer of families of high performance fiber-optic collimator and isolator products, introduced the LP1600 opto-mechanical switch at the National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference in Denver, Colorado today. The LP1600 is a 1xN optical switch, which is designed to route one incoming fiber into one-of-many output fibers. The current design allows customers to select custom configurations of 4 to 24 output channels, with future designs allowing up to 100 output channels. The Company is demonstrating the 1x8 switch at NFOEC. The LP1600 optical switch employs a patented retro-reflecting mirror design in conjunction with LightPath's ultra low-loss single mode fiber collimator, the GEN3. This combination has yielded a typical switching speed of 7.5 milliseconds between adjacent channels which is superior to any competitive product currently advertise in the market today. The LP1600 product provides a typical insertion loss level of 0.5 dB. Applications for this type of switch include component test and measurement systems, as well as monitoring, protection and restoration of fiber optic communication networks. Flexible configurations of the LP1600 including custom enclosures, interface and number of channels allow LightPath to tailor its 1xN switch to the specific needs of the telecommunications industry, industrial laboratory testing, and biomedical instrumentation. Donald E. Lawson, CEO of LightPath, commented, ``Our first optical switch product release is a continuation of our strategic plan to bring additional component products into the telecom sector. With it we are also leveraging our automated platforms to reduce component cost by eliminating tedious and expensive alignment. The physical size reduction that we have achieved with this switch is another attractive attribute to system level products such as metro add/drop multiplexers.''