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To: Tim Luke who wrote (45695)	4/29/1998 2:22:00 PM
From: djane	Respond to of 61433

4/29/98 TeleChoice article. Dakota Services Deploys Ascend DSLTNT Excerpt: "TeleChoice interprets Ascend as taking an aggressive position in the DSL market's early stages by inventing "creative marketing deals" to win business and obtain early market share." telechoice.com April 29, 1998 -- Ascend Communications, Inc. announced a large-scale deployment of its DSLTNT Access Multiplexer solution by Dakota Services, Ltd., a national telephone company specializing in data communications. To offer multiple high-speed data services to businesses across its region, Dakota Services will deploy nearly two hundred DSLTNTs, an integrated multi-service xDSL concentrator for the telephone company's central office. Ascend's DSLTNT enables Dakota Services to include complete end-to-end quality of service (QoS) and management capabilities, along with high-speed data services. Dakota Services is one of the first network service providers to deploy DSL technology in the Midwest including Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio. Dakota Services will offer multiple high-speed data services to enterprises that want to advance connectivity speeds to their Internet backbone and to their intranet wide area network. Ascend's DSLTNT enables Dakota to deliver multiple xDSL services, including IDSL, SDSL, RADSL-CAP and RADSL-DMT, on a single platform at speeds from 128 Kbps to 7.0 Mbps on a single pair of local loop from Ameritech. Dakota Services will first deploy SDSL services to customers for a monthly recurring fee ranging from $249 to $399, depending on service levels. The DSLTNT has the ability to operate as a Layer 2 multiplexer and is certified NEBS-compliant Level 3, which means it conforms to the requirements for central office operation in global carrier networks. The high-density DSLTNT can support up to 1,344 IDSL ports, 1,440 SDSL ports, or 540 RADSL ports in a single seven-foot telco rack. Dakota Services is currently a member of the Paradyne partnership program yet chose Ascend for its wide-scale DSL deployment. Ted Lasser, Dakota's CEO, informed TeleChoice that Paradyne is not "out the door" by any means. Its strengths and capabilities lie in multi-tenant, campus environments and that Ascend displayed its "entrepreneurship" in making Dakota's DSL marketing strategy a financial reality. Lasser concluded by saying that they are still deploying (and plan to deploy) the MVL in areas where it is the best solution. TeleChoice interprets Ascend as taking an aggressive position in the DSL market's early stages by inventing "creative marketing deals" to win business and obtain early market share. Vendor Web Sites Ascend Communications, Inc. Dakota Services Limited (DSL) c Copyright 1997 TeleChoice, Inc. All rights reserved.

To: Tim Luke who wrote (45695)	4/29/1998 2:31:00 PM
From: hitesh puri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

OT.. This is completely hilarious. A must see and do. > Ok, People magazine has made the mistake of letting you vote for >anyone as a the most beautiful person of '98. Besides the regular >list of stars, there is a box at the bottom of the list where you can >enter a name that doesn't appear on the list. Well, some clever >person made up a guy named "Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf" >and had all his friends vote for him. His friends told their >friends, ete, etc. Now Hank is FIRST on the list!! >Let's show the world what a farce beauty contests are, GO HANK!! > >http://www.pathfinder.com/people/50most/1998/vote/ > >WD When you get to the voting area, you need to write in the name since there is no radio button to choose. So just cut and paste the following text exactly as it is into the write-in field at the bottom of the page... Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf ENJOY the results. Leonardo is getting his butt kicked by a huge margin. -hitesh

To: Tim Luke who wrote (45695)	4/29/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: Jose A. Almodovar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Tim, I hope you continue to post your predictions on asnd(if nothing more than to ascertain your feel for this stock). I am currently out but still lurking for a reasonable entry point. P.S. there was a Gary Korn sighting over at the adaptec thread, seems he purchased a couple of hundred shares. Adaptec reports earnings tomorrow after the bell, stock has been moving up over the last few days.

To: Tim Luke who wrote (45695)	4/29/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: Ashley Campbell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Tim - I'd like to sell at 48-50, so can you do us a real big favor and short this stock ;) -ash p.s. good thing I know what thread to find you on...

To: Tim Luke who wrote (45695)	4/29/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: Christopher A. DeMartino	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Tim, I am also out of ASND for the moment and looking for a good reentry point (sub $40) it could happen, but I also like to dabble in the BB stocks, any possibility of giving a hint on who you are looking at. Since this is the ASND thread please private mail me back if you would. Thanks Chris P.S. I like your style!! No disclaimers needed by you on the BB stocks I have owned my share and I know how they can be.