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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (52235)	5/2/2001 5:06:27 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77400

>>Global Crossing Selects Cisco for OC-192 Backbone Build-out That is a big one. They are displacing Juniper: ...Cisco shares, which have been hurt from the tech slowdown, also got a shot in the arm after telecommunications company Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE:GX - news) said on Wednesday it will deploy on its fiber-optic network two models of Cisco's newest Internet routers, which handle data at speeds up to 10 gigabytes per second, known also as OC-192. The deal, worth more than $100 million, is potentially significant for Cisco because Global Crossing was an early customer of Juniper, which now holds more than 30 percent of the market for high-end routers, up from zero less than three years ago, analysts said. While too soon to say the deal marks the end of market share gains by Juniper, it shows Cisco now has a router as fast as Juniper's, analysts said... dailynews.yahoo.com