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Technology Stocks : Fastcomm FSCX (6 1/8), base now complete. Big Upside. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rick Smith who wrote (331)	11/12/1997 2:33:00 PM
From: Mike Iannamico	Respond to of 802

Rick, If you were interested in facts, you would know that the 14a filed with the SEC listed the following: FASTCOMM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 45472 HOLIDAY DRIVE STERLING, VA 20166 ------------------------ NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 10, 1997 What happened Rick??? why no meeting??? You may also be interested to note that there was some factual information posted to the Motley Fool which indicated that, unlike many frads, Fastcomm frads do not allows certain adjustments to be made on the fly but must be configured by hand. If you do a textual search on SI for Fastcomm, you will also find another post (for Ascend I believe) by a very technically adept individual who has the same comment... I think you are the one who is trying to skew the facts for your own reasons, so I just had to respond.

To: Rick Smith who wrote (331)	11/13/1997 8:52:00 AM
From: gary althoff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 802

Rick, Below is a press release from ASND. The part I find interesting is that they/Infonetics claim ASND have 42% of the FRAD marrket vs. 18% for the next closest. Who do you think has 18%? If not FSCX, what % do they have?. ====================================================== Company Press Release Infonetics Report Shows Service Providers Rank Ascend Number One in Both Frame Relay and ISDN Survey Also Shows Ascend Holds Significant Internet ATM Marketshare ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1997--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND - news) today announced that the market analyst group, Infonetics Research, Inc., has released a study confirming that Ascend is the worldwide market leader for ISDN and Frame Relay among both regional and large (national and international) network service providers. According to Infonetics, Ascend dominates the worldwide Internet ISDN market with a 69 percent marketshare, and the nearest competitor is a distant 12 percent. Ascend also leads in Frame Relay with 42 percent of the worldwide market; the next closest competitor had only 18 percent marketshare. In addition the report shows Ascend has achieved 23 percent marketshare of the worldwide Internet ATM market. Since the study was released, Ascend has broadened its product offering for Frame Relay and ATM, introducing the GX 550 ''smart core'' ATM Switch and adding multiservice capabilities -- including Frame Relay and IP -- to its CBX 500 ATM Switch. The GX 550 is the first ATM core switch to deliver OC-48/STM-16 speeds with SONET infrastructure capabilities while providing end-to-end Quality of Service, which will to enable service providers to offer sophisticated ATM services directly from the core. Similarly, the CBX 500 ATM Switch enables service providers to respond quickly to market changes by making a broader range of services available on a single platform. At the same time, Ascend also introduced the Navis Family of network management products, including NavisXtend applications, that among other industry firsts, enables service providers to track and bill for services over ATM networks. All of these products and capabilities are designed to enable carriers and ISPs to develop new business services and, a t the same time, provide greater accountability and control over these services. ''One trend we see from ISPs in this high-growth market is that ISPs are trying to differentiate themselves competitively by broadening their services or specializing on a few services,'' said Greg Howard, Director of Service Provider Programs for Infonetics and director of the study. ''The ISP buying preferences highlighted in our study provide valuable insights into what service providers need in order to be more competitive.'' ''This study is especially gratifying for us because it confirms that Ascend is the vendor of choice across all of the different service provider segments, not just the largest carriers and ISPs,'' said Daniel E. Smith, Ascend's executive vice president and general manager, Core Systems Division. ''We will continue to strengthen our leadership in Frame Relay, and we expect to make even greater strides in the ATM and IP space in the coming year with the introduction of new products like the GX 550, enhancements to flagship products like the CBX 500, IP switching through the IP Navigator products, Multigigabit Routing on the GRF Family, Service Access through the SA Family and value-added management products like NavisXtend and NavisCore.'' 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 ascend.com, or e-mail info@ascend.com . Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda CA 94502. Phone 800/ASCEND4; Fax 510/814-230