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To: Stewart V. Nelson who wrote (272)	12/15/1997 2:29:00 AM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 1219

Dense WDM alleviates Net congestion techweb.com (excerpts) The Internet alone is growing at an astounding rate: 200 million users will be logging on by 1999, according to a United Nations report. Futurist George Gilder points out that Internet traffic has grown a hundredfold in the last 80 days. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These providers are forced to work with the existing fiber because the cost of laying new fiber in metropolitan areas is prohibitively high. In addition to cost, adding new fiber also encounters lengthy litigation and regulatory delays. Many metro/local carriers do not have the capital available to physically add fiber in the network. With such obstacles, these organizations are searching for a solution tailored to their needs.