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To: GraceZ who wrote (73)	6/23/2001 1:25:43 PM
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businessweek.com However, several equipment makers are positioned to take advantage of these new opportunities. ONI Systems (ONIS ), which sells optical gear specifically for metro and regional networks, will do well, says Eric Gonzales, partner at venture-capital firm Doll Capital Management. Other players that stand to benefit from this focused spending might be Foundry Networks (FDRY ) and Extreme Networks (EXTR ), which make switches and other products used in local and metro networks, and Cabletron's Riverstone Networks (RSTN ), say analysts. Cabletron builds routers for metro networks. According to RHK, the $8.1 billion 2000 metro market is expected to grow at a steady annual rate of 8% through 2004. Many other analysts predict double-digit growth, however.