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To: Miles Rhyne Hoffman, CFA who wrote (1060)	12/8/1997 12:52:00 AM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

I think there is also a limited number of leased lines. The last time I looked OC12 (622 Mbps) was fairly rare. If that is the case, and high bandwidth LANS that need to send multiplexed 2.5 Gbps out over the WAN are limited - only customers building their own LAN/WANS are available. Are there any reliable numbers on how many of these folks there are? A distribution of average traffic/bandwidth utilization per LAN per hour would be ideal. I have read all the Gilder stuff, but I agree with you - there is a potential slowdown at least until all the necessary support systems are at full capacity. The cost of high speed leased lines is also a limiting factor for small businesses.