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To: Maverick who wrote (30440)	1/14/1998 7:48:00 PM
From: Tim Luke	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 61433

Even though its nice to see 30 again for you guys and gals I doubt that asnd will trade over 40 this year unless they are bought out.

To: Maverick who wrote (30440)	1/14/1998 8:44:00 PM
From: username	Respond to of 61433

maverick can you e-mail me? thanks. Mustang this is Voodoo Three...remmaining MIGS are buggin' out. sorry...I can't help it. pete

To: Maverick who wrote (30440)	1/14/1998 8:55:00 PM
From: Alok Sinha	Respond to of 61433

Is this your gut feeling ? Mine too, but I am slightly nervous based on price action. Regards Alok

To: Maverick who wrote (30440)	1/15/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 61433

Frontier Corp. has agreed to acquire GlobalCenter or about $180 million in stock Maverick, Thank you for noting this. You previously posted that Frontier was a purchaser of ASND equipment. I've taken the liberty of reposting that information below: Frontier uses low prices to infiltrate frame relay market using ASND's B-STDX 9000 FR switches By David Rohde 12/22/97 Rochester, N.Y. The nation's fifth-largest long-distance carrier has entered the crowded national frame relay market with a new coast-to-coast service. Frontier Corp.'s formula for its frame relay service is low prices, no frills and transport over an emerging coast-to-coast Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) network that will protect against outages. Frontier is not brand-new to frame relay. The carrier has been offering a service for several years in New York state as part of an effort to expand beyond its roots as Rochester Telephone Co., the dominant local exchange carrier here. To expand the service nationally, Frontier recently installed 16 Cascade B-STDX 9000 switches from Ascend Communications, Inc. in an arc fanning out from Rochester across the Northeast and Midwest. To complete the coverage, Frontier installed seven additional Cascade switches in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta and Tampa, Fla. Frame relay everywhere Frontier officials said they can offer frame relay access at 232 long-distance points of presence, with traffic backhauled to the Cascade switches if necessary. But they conceded that they still must lease fiber from other long-distance carriers to carry much of that traffic. To eliminate the hurdle, Frontier is building a national self-healing SONET network due for completion late next year. Frontiers two-way permanent virtual circuits are priced comparably to AT&T's, starting with a barebones PVC offering 3K bit/sec of guaranteed throughput with bursts up to 56K bit/sec for $18 per month. That is equal to AT&T's monthly price for an entry-level PVC. But charges for the ports on Frontier's frame relay switches run as low as half that of AT&T (see graphic). Frontier's service is designed strictly for IP and IPX applications, with carrier officials right now discouraging use of the network for SNA and voice traffic. Frontier also does not offer priority PVC classes that favor delay-sensitive applications over other traffic. Users like it That is OK with John Rueckel, chief information officer at Griffith Oil Co., a Rochester-based gasoline and heating fuels distributor. In 1995, Griffith Oil dumped its 9.6K bit/sec analog private-line network for a Frontier frame relay net connecting 16 distribution sites with Griffith headquarters. The 56K bit/sec frame relay connections enable branch distribution managers to access and update the company's customer data, all housed at headquarters, over the inexpensive PVCs. A separate long-distance voice contract with Frontier gives the company a complete package at favorable rates, Rueckel said. Frontier also provides remote management of Griffith's 3Com Corp. NetBuilder routers. Although a managed router service is not yet available nationwide, Frontier officials said they expect to formally introduce one in February. Frontier: (800) 249-4672