To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (2257 ) 3/23/2001 10:35:50 PM From: John Pitera Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2850 AMD is looking good, and Jim Seymour's article does a nice job of outlining the positives. IDTI looks interesting. but have we really seen the turn for networking and telco equipment??? who knows.(IDT), incorporated in 1980 and reincorporated in 1987, designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of high-performance semiconductor products and modules. Applications for IDT's products include data networking and telecommunications equipment, such as routers, hubs, switches, cellular base stations and other devices; storage area networks (SANs); other networked peripherals and servers, and personal computers. The Company operates in two business segments: Communications and High-Performance Logic and SRAMs/Other. Check out TLGD is another lower PE stock, 13 on a trailing basis after today, and I have the forward PE of 10. RW Baird upgraded them after doing a business check, but still many of these local exchange carriers are cash poor. It is interesting to ponder.10:19 ET Tollgrade Comm (TLGD) 27 1/2 +5 3/16 (+23.2%): Gapped up at the open after being upgraded by Robert W. Baird to STRONG BUY from MKT OUTPERFORM. Basis for the upgrade is the extreme low valuation of the shares despite a revision in estimates reflecting the current telecom environment. Checks with several key TLGD customers confirm continuing moving forward of Internet-access initiatives. --------Tollgrade Communications is a provider of service assurance solutions to the telecommunications industry. Tollgrade's focus is helping local exchange carriers deliver the high quality of service through enhanced testability. The Company develops, manufactures and markets Test System and Test Access technology that enables local carriers to achieve maximum Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) testability, along with the effective provisioning and deployment of next generation services that include Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service. Tollgrade's next generation DigiTest centralized network test platform serves as the Company's system solution. DigiTest includes its Digital Wideband Unit for loop qualification and in-service DSL testing; the Digital Measurement Unit, which contains the test head for load coil detection and the complete range of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) measurements, and Digital Measurement Node, which serves as the mounting shelf for the system.