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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (9667)	10/13/2000 7:38:15 PM
From: jghutchison	Respond to of 12623

Kenneth, There were a couple of other highlights that you and I have discussed in the past. 1. It looks like the telcos are gaining a little traction with data fees. 2. Ciena is addressing the vendor financing issue by use of a third party. That was my prediction, and I am very pleased. On another note, did you see Ciena's announcement yesterday and on the Bragg fiber grating channel spacing? I see this as a big breakthru as it permits an order of magnitude increase in the channel count. It will permit 16 terabits on a single fiber. Ciena fabs the Bragg gratings in-house to control the quality, and proprietary fab techniques. I'm anxiously awaiting Nortel's report. It should be another blockbuster. More meat out of poor Lucent's hide and a little help for poor Ciena. If Lucent were to get it's act together and hire a John Roth type, I'd consider buying a little....for old time's sake. Jack