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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (1896)	8/14/1998 10:35:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Mike and All, a good article in Americas Network Magazine on who is shaping the fiber future at: americasnetwork.com Vitals on each of the companies listed in the intro below are covered in separate side bars. ========================================================= ========================================================= From te August 15, 1998 issue of Americas Network Magazine Sculpting the light Whose hands are shaping today's fiber networks? By Annie Lindstrom Trying to get a handle on the plethora of companies that are building or buying nationwide or large regional fiber optic networks is a lot like trying to grab hold of several greased pigs simultaneously. Although lunging after slippery swine is not a politically correct thing to do, it would be good exercise and probably a wonderful distraction for anyone attempting to digest the tremendous number of announcements these companies have made of late regarding the miles upon miles of fiber they have deployed or plan to deploy, or the extra conduits they have buried, which will someday hold fiber optic cable. If you laid them end-to-end, the dizzying amount of press releases these announcements have spawned would probably stretch as far as the combined route miles of fiber these carriers plan to deploy in the next three years. If you don't know the difference between major newcomers to the nationwide fiber optic network game such as Nextlink Communications Inc., Williams Network, Frontier Corp., IXC, Level 3 Communications Inc., Qwest International Communications Inc., never fear. In this first of a two-part series, AN ferrets out the facts: who these carriers are, what they want and how they aim to get it. We will profile what what makes them similar and different from one another. We interviewed high-ranking officers at 11 companies that are burying, swapping, purchasing the rights to or leasing large amounts of fiber to provide retail or wholesale services on a nationwide or large regional basis to other carriers, businesses or consumers, or all of the above. We will conclude our two-part series in Sept. 1, with information on large regional carriers, some of whom are expanding nationwide, including Advanced Communications Group Inc., Electric Lightwave Inc., GST Telecommunications, Intermedia Communications Inc., and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. ====================================================== ====================================================== Some other articles that would interest the last mile crowd in the same issue are listed here: Getting connected Now that public peering isn't viable for hooking to big Internet backbones, what are the best approaches? --By Jim Winkleman OUTSIDE PLANT Biting the ADSL bullet To get serious about ADSL, get serious about outside plant upgrades. --By Alan Stewart WIRELSS LMDS: How competitive? LMDS may go where new wireline access technologies cannot. --By Daniel Sweene Regards, Frank C.