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To: Steve Porter who wrote (23704)	11/1/1998 12:52:00 AM
From: joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Steve, Thanks for the exlanation!! Good job, my knowledge is improving thanks to you. First of all, especially after what you just said, a slight correction<G> >>...you want to have at least a small chunk of COMS...<< IMO, you want to have as much COMS as possible!!! A HUGE chunk.<VBG> and make sure that vault is SCALABLE to large dimensions, because you want to keep adding to it for a long time. >>Well (;-) ), since you ask,<< Steve, you know I don't have to ask, all you have to do is read my mind!! you know what answers I'm looking for<GG> .. NOW, for a very SERIOUS QUESTION: >>then the corebuilder is the perfect choice for building your backbone<< Isn't this CSCO and LUs job? Are you implying that the COMS is going to be stealing their business?? The business which is their primary goal in the next few years???? joe

To: Steve Porter who wrote (23704)	11/1/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: gfr fan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

<<The 9000 currently offers the most total bandwidth in one ip switching unit in the WORLD!. Therefore assuming that COMS can't be used to build a national backbone is a huge mistake. The corebuilder is just as capable as everything else out there and a lot less costly. Now, what does all this mean.>> Steve, CB9K does pump an awful lot of bandwidth compared to carrier class switches, but it doesn't have billing capabilities. It is currently targeted at the enterprise space.