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To: Scott Vincent who wrote (360)	3/13/1998 3:15:00 PM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3873

<< The Qwest network will contain two conduits along most of its route. The Qwest Network consists of 48 fibers, with the capability of adding ten times as many fibers through additional in-place conduits. >> when i asked back in August, QWST told me the first conduit could also carry up to 500+ fibers, so the theoretical maximum fiber count is in excess of 1000 fibers. multiply that by the projected 400 gigabit/sec per-fiber capacity of technologies like Lucent's WaveStar OLS 400G (https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=3263134) and we're talking over 400 terabit/sec capacity. it's staggering. when nacchio was asked about L3 he said "competition is good" and he thought L3 might end up being a customer of QWST in some capacity, so you might be right. i doubt L3 could lease the whole second conduit, though... they couldn't afford it. remember that sales of only 48 dark fibers to GTE and Frontier covered most of the $2B construction costs of the QWST network. mark