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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (115732)	8/6/2001 1:32:10 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 436258

<one of 'em says "yeah, home prices in the Valley are only going up, beats renting, and the stock market is in the tank anyway"...it was classic, I had to put on the best poker face I used all day to keep from ROTFLMAO!> Especially in THIS valley.... short memories. FYI: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capitalists are chasing a lucrative breakthrough many see as just over the horizon -- bridging the proverbial ``last mile'' to link metropolitan-area optical communications networks to long-haul networks. In recent months, venture capital has been making big contrarian bets on start-up communications component makers whose products promise to ``light'' fiber already in the ground by connecting major networks and their would-be urban customers. The pace of venture funding shows no sign of letting up even in the face of an inventory glut and overbuilt networks that have made the year one of the most punishing for investors in such publicly traded suppliers as JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDU.TO). ``The long-haul networks are all pretty built out, but on the metro-network side, we are going to need some advances,'' Doug Robertson, a principal with Palo Alto, California-based Crescendo Ventures, told Reuters. Many see cities as having the potential for a broadband bonanza