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To: GraceZ who wrote (135)	11/28/2001 12:31:15 PM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 290

In this space CSCO can't compete head to head. CSCO doesn't try. An ISP buys a generic solution. ISPs mostly already have CSCO equipment, so they try to do a vanilla add to preserve backward compatibility. That works, but it doesn't deliver all the goodies that the RS n000 line has. If you don't know in which direction the BB market will drag you, it makes a lot of sense to buy a flexible solution more than it makes sense to reach for the illusive and questionable goal of nominal compatibility. The ISP that sought compatibility with CSCO doesn't lose it by going with RSTN, but they do gain an advantage through RSTN product facility. The question is whether it will hit other ISPs that they are finally ready for RSTN.

To: GraceZ who wrote (135)	12/7/2001 11:29:04 AM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 290

This is great, what a riot: Recent Cisco Press Release Concerning IntelliSpace Network Misleading NEW YORK, Dec 7, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- IntelliSpace, the world's first Ethernet IP broadband services provider, expressed disappointment today with a recent Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO chart, msgs) release, dated December 6, 2001, suggesting that IntelliSpace is physically deploying Cisco routers globally throughout its network, inclusive of IntelliSpace Internet Points-of-Presence (PoPs). "IntelliSpace purchased only two Cisco routers several months ago for deployment in two PoPs in one city," stated Jeff Allen, President and CEO, IntelliSpace. "It might be possible that Internet traffic passing through these two Cisco routers could travel the world, but that is very different than IntelliSpace actually deploying, or planning to deploy Cisco routers throughout our network. We have no plans to deploy Cisco routers throughout our network." Mr. Allen continued, "currently IntelliSpace has more than 1,500 Riverstone (Nasdaq: RSTN chart, msgs) routers representing approximately 90% of the IntelliSpace network. These Riverstone routers do an excellent job of supporting Internet services to the more than 75,000 IntelliSpace business users, located in more than 200 cities and communities throughout the United States and United Kingdom."