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To: John Lengyel who wrote (22281)	11/10/1997 9:54:00 AM
From: Chris Chandler	Respond to of 61433

Company Press Release Ascend and Earthlink Team Up to Provide Turnkey Internet Solutions to Corporate Customers New Partnership Agreement Streamlines Equipment and Service Ordering for Customers ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1997--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND - news) today announced a new partnership agreement with EarthLink Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:ELNK - news), the world's largest consumer ISP, which will enable Ascend VARs to offer customers turnkey Internet connectivity, including equipment, line provisioning and monthly service. The agreement gives corporate customers simplified, one-stop shopping. EarthLink is not only a marketing partner for Ascend, they are also one of Ascend's largest customers, with over 10,000 dial ports in their network. EarthLink selected the Ascend equipment in part for its high reliability, which ensures that customers experience high availability and high performance when they're on the network. EarthLink recently won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award for Best Internet Service Provider, amongst a field of 13 ISPs and online services. ''We are very excited about this new partnership with one of our premier service provider customers,'' says Bob Machlin, vice president of marketing at Ascend. ''We believe it's a winning strategy that will benefit end user customers, our VARs, as well our two companies.'' ''We have always considered Ascend to be a valued partner in building our own internal network, and this partnership agreement adds a welcome new dimension to our relationship,'' said Steve Dougherty, Director of Internet Operations for EarthLink. ''They are a great company to work with and we have a lot of confidence in this new channel initiative.'' ''We are very pleased that Ascend has launched this initiative with EarthLink to help us be even more competitive and serve our customers better,'' says Bob Heintz, president at the The Helfrich Company. ''Now, customers won't have to worry about buying their equipment from one provider, ordering lines from another provider and getting their Internet services from a third provider -- we can offer them the whole package.'' About Ascend Communications Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers worldwide. For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at www.ascend.com, or send e-mail to info@ascend.com . Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, Calif., 94502-3002. Phone 800/ASCEND4; Fax 510/747-2300.

To: John Lengyel who wrote (22281)	11/10/1997 12:51:00 PM
From: Andreas Samson	Respond to of 61433

>>I don't see how you can put down a product that you never used. << Yer missing my point here, John. I don't dispute that, under optimum conditions, the 56K modem will accept data at twice the rate of a 28K modem. Optimum conditions rarely exist on the internet. Most of the 'wait time' one encounters has to do with traffic and switching in the various pipelines, the amount of traffic at the ISP, and usage level at the source server. Watch the RD indicator, it tells a story. To look at it another way, the argument for 56K is analagous to selling your Nissan Sentra and buying a Ferrari to make the drive from Los Feliz to Santa Monica, so you can get there 'faster'. The truth is, you spend enough time idling at stoplights and onramps, observing speed limits, honking at the cars putt-putting front of you, that both Nissan and Ferrari will arrive at their destination at the same time. The roadway itself, rather than the modem, is the issue.