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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dennis R. Duke who wrote (45825)	5/1/1998 2:43:00 AM
From: bucky89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Dennis, And thank you for all the hard work you put in to keep the Yahoo and SI boards informed. Your mention of Ascend being in the running for Level 3 Communications deal was very encouraging. If they win this one, then they will have won all three of the major new next-generation networks (QWEST, Williams, & Level 3). That would be truly impressive. I have a hunch that they will win it. I don't think FORE has an OC-48 product ready, which would be pretty important. Or even if they did, FORE is a small company and the instability might make Level 3 think twice about them. They will also have QWEST and AT&T as competition, and if FORE's product can't deliver the same feature-set as Ascend's switches, it could put Level 3 at a disadvantage. I therefore don't think they'll go with a lesser switch, even if it's cheaper. Just my opinion. bucky89