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To: MangoBoy who wrote (1408)	6/4/1998 5:55:00 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

Here are the QWST revisions from H&Q.....they are all up as I can see...! QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for fiscal year ending 12/98 from $-0.47 to $-0.20 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for fiscal year ending 12/99 from $-0.54 to $-0.13 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 03/99 from $-0.13 to $-0.06 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 06/98 from $-0.12 to $-0.06 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 06/99 from $-0.15 to $-0.04 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 09/98 from $-0.09 to $-0.06 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 09/99 from $-0.14 to $-0.03 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 12/98 from $-0.07 to $-0.05 on 06/01/98 QWST: HAMBRECHT&QUIST increased estimate for quarter ending 12/99 from $-0.12 to $-0.01 on 06/01/98 I don't know where the othwer information came from. I was suspect of it. TG

To: MangoBoy who wrote (1408)	6/7/1998 11:20:00 PM
From: toothid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

MarK: I am referring to your post #1408, Juniper and Avici. I know that L3 is using FORE as it's terabit; Fore trades on the Nasdq. Can you tell me if Juniper or Avici are public trade/ Bullentin Board?? not on Nasdq. Can not find to much on their web page. I plan on calling company in Ca.and Mass. respectfully. Also do you know much about Fore. Thank you Doc

To: MangoBoy who wrote (1408)	8/14/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

[Another terabit player: Nexabit] zdnet.com On Monday, [Nexabit Networks Inc.] will announce another $20 million in funding, bringing its total to between $31 million and $40 million. Wonder if Anschutz will back this horse too? mark --- Nexabit raises stakes in next-generation router race In the game of one-upmanship being played out by the next-generation router startups, Nexabit Networks Inc. next week will come up short in the venture-funding competition but maintain its lead in the terabits-per-second tourney. On Monday, the Marlboro, Mass., company will announce another $20 million in funding, bringing its total to between $31 million and $40 million, according to President and CEO Mukesh Chatter. Rival Juniper Networks Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., meanwhile, has attracted a total of $62 million in funding. Both vendors are saying they will ship their offerings this year, although neither is saying much now about how its technologies will achieve many times the performance provided by current routing technology. Such feats require significant funding, of course. Bandwidth requirements used to increase 30 percent to 40 percent per year. Now they're growing tenfold in a year--surpassing Moore's law of doubling semiconductor capacity every 18 months, Chatter said. "It is a year-and-a-half to two-and-a-half-year project that requires completely different networking architectures than today's. It's just a much bigger effort," he said. Nexabit, with 13 patents pending, will be able to support 6.4 terabits per second in internal switching capacity in its NX64000 box, due out later this year. Others, such as Avici Systems Inc., have also claimed terabit ranges, but Chatter claims they are not within a single chassis. "There are those claiming to be terabit, but they hook up multiple, multiple chassis," he said. "That's like me hooking up 20 PCs and calling it a supercomputer." Nexabit's latest round of funding comes from Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Thomson Corp. and Hambrecht & Quist Venture Associates. Nexabit can be reached at nexabit.com.

To: MangoBoy who wrote (1408)	9/16/1998 1:20:00 AM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

[chat - WSJ: Juniper's New-Router Shipments Kick Off Race in Internet Devices] A closely watched Silicon Valley computer networking company has shipped its first product, kicking off a race to provide the next generation of the Internet connection devices known as routers. Juniper Networks Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., said that its new M40 router is at least 10 times as fast as the speediest devices from such industry leaders as Cisco Systems Inc. Juniper's devices cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each, and are meant to be used by telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and others along what is called the "backbone" of the Internet. Routers help transmit information through computer networks, and ever-faster routers are viewed as a key to allowing the Internet to continue growing. And they are considered especially important if the Internet is to transmit voice and even video signals, as is now beginning to occur. Broad Backing Juniper is being closely followed because many of its engineers are from Cisco, and because it has attracted backing from a number of prominent companies, including AT&T Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Northern Telecom Ltd., 3Com Corp. and Worldcom Inc.'s UUNET Technologies. Juniper is also getting help from International Business Machines Corp. in the design of the specialized chips it uses inside its routers. Those investments in Juniper were seen, in large part, as defensive moves against Cisco's growing market power. Cisco's market share in Internet routers, for example, is estimated at nearly 70%, and it is developing routers that can also carry digital telephone calls over the Internet. Cisco said it hadn't any comment on Juniper's new product. Juniper created a considerable buzz in networking circles when it disclosed its plans last year. Since then, though, the market for superfast routers has become a very crowded one, as a number of other start-up companies have announced plans for their own devices, some of which are promised to be even faster than Juniper's. Indeed, some of Juniper's backers, including Lucent and Northern Telecom, are hedging their bets by developing their own products in-house, or by also investing in other start-ups. There was also concern that Juniper was late with its product development. Devices Are Evaluated Tuesday, Juniper's chief executive officer, Scott Kriens, said that UUNet as well as WorldCom's MCI Communications Corp. unit were evaluating its devices. He also said his company, in contrast to competitors that are still in the planning stages, is prepared to ship its routers in volume. While superfast routers are expected to proliferate over the Internet, industry analysts say companies like Juniper may find it a tough go in competing against the likes of Cisco or Ascend Communications Inc. Those companies often win sales not because their products are the fastest, but because of the high-level ties they develop with big accounts. "It's very hard to penetrate this marketplace," said Nick Lippis, of Strategic Networks in Rockland, Mass. "The big players can do a lot of creative things to limit your growth." What's more, Cisco and the others can easily buy one of the start-ups, as they have often done before. Indeed, Cisco Tuesday said it would acquire closely held Clarity Wireless Corp. of Belmont, Calif., a maker of wireless communication equipment, for $157 million in stock. Mr. Kriens said, however, that the Internet is growing fast enough to provide market opportunities for established players as well as new companies like his own. "This is not a zero-sum game," he said.