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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (47611)	1/31/2001 11:12:15 AM
From: Stock Farmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Yes - agreed, very interresting to see how things change. Note that approximately 200 M shares with strikes below $6 exist, average price $4.44. There is a school of thought that says those who wish to exercise to hold will exercise at the lowest possible price to minimize income tax. The "worthless" options are those granted in the last year or so. Average grant from July 29 99 to July 29 00 was $52.10... It's not a doom-and-gloom scenario however. CSCO's outstanding option grants represent an "asset" in the range of 20-40 B$ depending on price of their shares. That's not chump change even at the low end. It will be a few years before CSCO's internet business generates this kind of cash. John.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (47611)	1/31/2001 7:07:36 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

JANUARY 31, 2001 Qwest Delivers Nationwide OC192 DENVER -- Qwest Communications International, Inc. (NYSE:Q), the broadband Internet communications company, today announced its entire North American Internet Protocol (IP) network now operates at OC-192c capacity - or 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) -- making it the first in the industry to offer customers IP transport and connectivity at this speed throughout the U.S. For this milestone, Qwest incorporated Juniper Networks Inc.'s (NASDAQ: JNPR) M160T Internet backbone routers into Qwest's existing broadband optical network, enabling speeds four times faster than existing networks and the lowest latency, greatest efficiency and lowest cost of operation and maintenance. "As the demand for data transport reaches more than 600 terabits per week across our network, we continue to scale and stay ahead of the demands of our customers," said Mike Perusse, Qwest's senior vice president of engineering and technology. "With our innovative network architecture, the upgrade to all OC-192c was seamless and poises us for the next generation of network speeds - OC-768c." qwest.com lightreading.com