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

To: Kent Rattey who wrote (52388)	8/20/1998 12:02:00 PM
From: mrclinton	Respond to of 61433

<<Ascend could cost as much as $14 billion, according to Malone. With the financial wherewithal to buy Ascend at that price, Lucent could write off the investment in Livingston without batting an eye, he said. >> I wondered how long it would take for someone to quoted saying this, could it be that the PM4 stuff is hype to depress ASND's stock value? Sure it exists but they've got to sell it in large numbers to get close to ASND's installed base. If you were a service provider what would you do before OCT 1st, (coincidently when the PM4 becomes available) sign up for PM4s or buy a proven offering (you're probably already know and love) which the PM4 will get sh*tcanned for after the acquisition? Thought provoking Huh?