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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (9539)	2/3/2001 2:56:55 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

How Metro Media Fiber uses Nortel's Metro DWDM Platform - from the same article "Now, customers have the option to lease what MFN calls "managed networks." The customer still has complete control of what goes over its own network, and still pays for capacity on a per fiber, or per wavelength, unmetered basis, but Metromedia will now install and manage the optical networking equipment that a particular customer chooses. Currently, MFN offers three types of solutions within this model: Gigabit Ethernet; SONET; and Wave Division Multiplexing. Different customers will select different technologies, according to the applications they plan to support, but Berry says that the WDM offering, called "Wave Channel," has recently become the most popular. The reason, he explains, is that with WDM the customer essentially doesn't have to choose between applications: "Wave Channel allows customers to run any protocol, any application, and even multiple protocols or applications on a single pair of fibers." Using Nortel Networks' OPTera Metro DWDM platform, MFN can multiplex up to 32 OC-48 channels onto a single fiber pair. Customers can pay per channel for the capacity they need, but still get a whole, unshared piece of fiber. Within a fiber, one wavelength might be used to carry Gigabit Ethernet traffic, while another might be linked to SONET equipment, with still another receiving data directly from an IP router. Berry says that a MFN customer would pay roughly the same for a 2.5 Gbps wavelength as they would for a 45 Mbps pipe from a carrier today. computertelephony.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (9539)	2/3/2001 7:46:31 PM
From: FESHBACH_DISCIPLE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14638

WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS NORTEL IN??? C.E.O of corning(loose) dishes it out..... Loose: When carriers start building a new network, the first thing they decide is which fiber they’re going to use. Then they go talk about what systems to put in. Carriers view optical systems much like people view a PC. If I wait one more week, there’s going to be something better out there. That’s why carriers wait until the last minute to buy their systems. enjoy the ride down the elevator.