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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (2459)	9/27/2000 7:02:27 AM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 3891

ZO- I meant my feeling about the deal, as written, being surreal. Not the US expansion being surreal. As I read more details on it, apparently Global One(which is a subsidiary of FT) is responsible for running the fiber across the ocean. At that point a US carrier, Level 3 will take it from there(leasing dark fiber to FT). So ALA gets the DWDM equipment, while NT gets the SONET equipment contracts. Apparently, it's ALA for long-haul and NT for metro. Kind of switch(pun intended) of sorts. -MikeM(From Florida)