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To: Hiram Walker who wrote (2490)	9/3/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4134

Hiram & Thread: I read the article entitled "Jazzing up fiber" with a great deal of interest. I am interested in the network designed by Microsoft and US West with DWDM technology from Lucent. The article states: "By adding Lucent's WaveStar . . ., Microsoft can quickly meet its employees demand for high-speed data communications and add network capacity without having to overlay additional equipment." What additional equipment are they talking about? Does the use of DWDM eliminate the necessity for additional switches and routers? If so, what is the tradeoff in costs? Is Lucent subsidizing this network to show off its DWDM. I assume the DWDM components are being installed in a traditional enterprise campus network although the article doesn't say what type of network - ethernet or ATM or MPOA is present before the DWDM is installed. The article doesn't state whether the DWDM technology is confined to the Redmond campus or is part of a larger WAN. What makes this network unique, of course, is the use of DWDM in a campus LAN. If DWDM is an economical alternative to more switches and routers, this would seem to pose a significant threat to Cisco, Bay, 3Com, Cabletron etc. Could anybody clarify these points. Thanks, Ken