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To: professor who wrote (3210)	9/16/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

I think Nettles has sour grapes. LU toyed with TLAB and CIEN, screwed them and left them both for dead. It's ugly, rapacious, and particularly painful for my wallet, but that's the way business is done. Airing it out without being able to make a case that it was illegal, makes CIEN look weak. Better to keep your mouth shut, kill LU in the DWDM market and then dance on their grave. Doughboy.

To: professor who wrote (3210)	9/16/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: jach	Respond to of 12623

<Ruin your competitor by putting out false information about their product and letting short sellers feed on this information> which prestigious university taught this great course

To: professor who wrote (3210)	9/16/1998 6:23:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

Pirelli added to Ciena's woes by winning a $240 million contract from Digital Teleport to be the carrier's primary supplier of WDM equipment and exclusive provider of fiber-optic cable. broadband-guide.com Ciena previously had been Digital Teleport's sole WDM supplier. Pirelli will supply 80% of the WDM hardware Digital Teleport will use in the final 16,500 mi of its planned 18,500-mi coast-to-coast U.S. network. The network will comprise 19 regional rings connecting cities in 37 states. The WaveMux WDM equipment the manufacturer will provide is valued at $100 million; the cabling represents the contract's remaining $140 million. The announcement sent Ciena shares tumbling once again on Wall St. Tellabs made no statements regarding how the news might affect its plans to acquire Ciena. Tellabs had reduced its offer for the company from $7.1 billion to $4.7 billion after AT&T announced that it would not evaluate Ciena's 40-channel DWDM system for use in its networks.