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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (3479)	6/23/2001 3:42:46 PM
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Williams Ceo: There Is No Bandwidth Glut CLEC.com (June 20, 2001) During a speech Tuesday at The Goldman Sachs Emerging Telco and Internet Infrastructure Conference, Howard Janzen, chairman and CEO of Tulsa, Okla.-based fiber-optic-network company Williams Communications Group Inc ., contradicted the commonly accepted idea that there is a bandwidth glut, saying that such reports fail to recognize the difference between lit and dark fiber. "It's simply not accurate to add up dark fiber in the ground and then say there is too much capacity," noted Janzen. "Dark fiber in the ground does not equal usable broadband capacity. When we built our 33,000 mile next- generation network we strategically added more fiber than we needed immediately to prepare for the inevitable future growth in demand." In a release about Janzen speech, the company cited industry analysts who say that broadband applications such as wireless Web and video-on-demand would spur demand in the near future, while demand for traditional telecom services would continue to grow. "You won't find many industries that can match the growth we're seeing as new broadband applications drive demand," Janzen said in the release. "I believe we'll find marketplace fears about bandwidth glut are unfounded. There is strong and continued growth in the Internet and data traffic market and recent studies by industry analysts cite Internet growth rates approaching 100 percent per year." During the speech, Janzen also reported talked about the current market shakeout, which he said would continue. More weaker players, he said, are likely to drop out of the market, but as demand continues to accelerate and local-access bottlenecks continue to be eliminated, companies with compelling value propositions that address the changing marketplace will thrive. For the latest in CLEC information, go to clec.com