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To: gbh who wrote (41079)	3/25/1998 9:37:00 PM
From: Jose A. Almodovar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

IMHO if anyone buys ASND it will be CISCO. John Chambers says they will be number 1 by year end in the RAS market. Buying ASND is a sure way of accomplishing his boastful statement.

To: gbh who wrote (41079)	3/25/1998 11:01:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

ASND or CSCO or NN or any other of the data networkers we are familiar with provide ATM edge switching. My understanding of NN is that they provide the heavy backbone ATM, along with NT and ALA. With their 36140 and 36144 switches they now have the edge covered. Right? CSCO very well may need ATM at the edge. Those clouds get mighty foggy some times. :) Thanks for the explanation --- I need all the help I can get. Pat

To: gbh who wrote (41079)	3/26/1998 6:32:00 AM
From: Stimpson J. Cat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

>Pat, Alcatel's ATM switches could be classified as pure ATM "giant" switches. These live deep in the provider backbone taking ATM in (usually 155Mb/s or 622Mb/s or 2.4Gb/s) and switching ATM out (at same speeds). ASND or CSCO or NN or any other of the data networkers we are familiar with provide ATM edge switching. I'm sorry, but you couldn't be more wrong. ASND has the only 2.4Gb/s ATM interface on the market. Alcatel has no competing product for the core.