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To: Inga who wrote (36542)	2/26/1998 4:12:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Closing prices of select network stocks, Thursday, 2/26/98: ASND- 36.63 +.38 36.63 b 36.69 a122x10 45515 16:01 37.00 h 36.00 l PAIR+ 19.50 +.19 19.44 b 19.50 a 10x12 11850 16:00 19.62 h 19.19 l COMS+ 35.19 +.06 35.19 b 35.25 a 10x36 72221 16:01 35.94 h 34.69 l CS+ 15.50 -.25 15.44 b 15.50 a 57x100 13864 16:00 15.81 h 15.38 l CSCO+ 66.50 -.25 66.44 b 66.50 a285x10 77935 16:01 66.63 h 64.94 l NN+ 21.87 -.13 21.75 b 21.87 a 20x48 4435 16:01 22.19 h 21.63 l NT+ 53.06 +1.94 53.00 b 53.12 a 27x153 6548 16:00 53.19 h 51.44 l NETA 64.81 -.06 64.69 b 64.81 a 20x10 17165 15:59 65.50 h 63.25 l TLAB 61.06 +1.44 61.00 b 61.06 a 10x10 33067 16:01 62.00 h 59.13 l SHVA+ 12.56 +.50 12.56 b 12.62 a 20x10 6862 16:01 12.81 h 11.94 l XIRC- 13.03 -.22 13.00 b 13.06 a 12x5 4125 16:01 13.25 h 12.62 l XYLN 24.94 -1.19 24.87 b 24.94 a 10x10 14822 16:00 26.06 h 24.75 l FORE- 16.06 +.00 16.06 b 16.19 a 10x30 14200 16:00 16.31 h 15.87 l BAY+ 33.44 +1.87 33.37 b 33.50 a300x300 40551 16:01 33.44 h 31.69 l MRVC+ 24.00 -.13 23.87 b 24.00 a 10x20 6413 16:00 24.37 h 23.75 l LU- 109.06 +2.69 109.00 b 109.13 a 10x89 26605 16:01 109.63 h 106.25 l MADGF 6.75 +.69 6.69 b 6.75 a 7x25 9830 15:59 6.75 h 6.06 l WSTL+ 12.56 +.75 12.50 b 12.56 a 3x20 2904 16:01 12.56 h 11.56 l QWST+ 35.50 -.75 35.50 b 35.62 a 5x15 9953 16:00 37.12 h 35.00 l CIEN+ 41.44 +1.00 41.44 b 41.50 a180x10 33837 16:01 42.06 h 40.12 l NWX 321.07 +5.64 16:11 321.09 h 314.54 l

To: Inga who wrote (36542)	2/26/1998 5:05:00 PM
From: Inga	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Tonight's top ten reasons to be an Ascend Communications investor. 10. Asnd shares has appreciated more than 40% since Jan. 1 and major institutions start buying remaining outstanding shares. In the last 18 trading days, there were only 2 down days. There were no 2 consecutive down days since Feb 2. 9. ATM is the current buzzword not RAS/RAC. CSCO is now ahead of Asnd in terms of RAS/RAC market share as claimed by Chambers. Asnd business emphasizes ATM sales to RBOCs and CLECs and de-emphaisizes RAS/RAC business. 8. Asnd has a potential killer product GX-550 which will be released formally in April 98 (currently being beta-tested by Williams Communications). The sales of this product for Internet bandwith deployment in second half of 98 should expand Asnd's P/E ratio into the 40+ range. 7. Internet telephony seems to pick up starting this year. The technology requires backbone bandwidth which should bring/boost sales to Asnd's ATM product lines. This may also be the positive strategy inflection point for Asnd. 6. Institutions start to buy Asnd shares again almost daily. Watch INCA buying from your level II screen. The Capital Investment Group holds as much as 8% of the company common stock. 5. Asnd stock price seems to increase 5 points per month per options expiration. 25 in December, 30 in January, 35 in February, and very possibly 40 in March. There is no immediate foreseeable reason to severely disrupt this fixed price appreciation pattern. 4. Asnd insider sales have been the lowest. The insiders probably know better and expect a good price run-up VERY SOON. 3. Asnd has more than one 10% sales customers (UUNET and AT&T). 2. Asnd has not yet announced the details of the Williams and AT&T contracts. Expect a good break-out when the announcement days come. Ladies and gentlemen, seriously, the number one reason to invest in Mory's and Co tonight is: 1. A lot of former Asnd daytraders have turned into Asnd long-term investors and have expressed confidence that Asnd will be at 40 tomorrow and 80 by December.