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To: Neil H who wrote (56930)	11/9/1998 11:56:00 AM
From: Neil H	Respond to of 61433

Monday November 9, 8:04 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Eagle Communications Builds Profitable Network Wholesaling Business On Ascend's Market-Leading MAX TNT 22-City Deployment Is Based on Ascend's Multi-Service, Carrier Class Access Switch ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1998-- Ascend Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASND - news), a leader in wide area networking (WAN) solutions for providers and users of the next generation public network, today announced a major network expansion by Eagle Communications. Through a large-scale deployment of Ascend's multi-service, carrier class MAX TNT(tm) Wide Area Network (WAN) access switches, Eagle Communications, a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) based in New York City, is extending its business into the emerging network wholesaling market. Utilizing Ascend's multi-service MAX TNT WAN access switch, Eagle Communications is deploying their network infrastructure to support a major network wholesale service, with more than 10,000 ports in 22-cities. Network wholesale services are now available in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee and Texas. Explosive growth of new Internet and public data network services is driving many service providers to build next-generation networks for the purpose of selling high-speed Internet access and backbone network services to accommodate increased data traffic. Network Wholesale service providers, such as Eagle Communications, enable other service providers to buy network access and backbone capacity in order to resell services to enterprise customers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) without having to focus their business on costly network infrastructure build-outs and maintenance costs. Ascend's total wholesale network solution enables service providers to offer dial-up Internet access over analog, ISDN and xDSL, Voice and Fax over IP, Frame Relay and ATM for Quality of Service (QoS), VPNs, and other emerging new public data network services. For more information about Ascend's Network Wholesale solution, refer to the following news release: ascend.com. ''Ascend's multi-service access and core technology is enabling us to build a next-generation infrastructure to leverage new revenue-generating opportunities that will translate into greater networking services for both service providers and enterprise customers,'' said Kent Charugundla, president and CEO of Eagle Communications. ''Ascend is the only vendor offering an end-to-end Network Wholesale business solution, including a solution that enables end-user authentication through the client ISP over our network transparently. Through technological innovation and marketing, Ascend is helping us to extend our business model and expand our network. This will enable us to assist ISP customers to efficiently extend their geographic reach, quickly.'' Ascend's NavisAccess(tm) network management software will enable Eagle to proxy RADIUS to the end-user ISP for user authentication via the host ISP's RADIUS server. Because IP address administration is handled by NavisAccess, the end-users' ISPs do not have to give up authentication control or IP address space. ''A successful network wholesaling business requires a reliable, secure infrastructure that accommodates unique service delivery and innovative technological solutions. This network expansion enables Eagle to offer Ascend's market leading MultiVPN services, which is required to meet strong market-demand from enterprises which are increasingly doing business over the Internet,'' said Kurt Bauer, vice president of Access Product Marketing. ''Ascend's multi-service WAN access platform, with intelligent end-to-end network management, enables Eagle to meet both their own mission-critical business needs, and the unique networking needs of their customers.'' ''Eagle is positioned perfectly to take advantage of this growing market trend of network wholesaling. Using Ascend's carrier-class products allows them to quickly capitalize on this trend,'' said Matt McGinnis, Internet marketing manager. Regards

To: Neil H who wrote (56930)	11/9/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: Neil H	Respond to of 61433

Monday November 9, 8:04 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Eagle Communications Builds Profitable Network Wholesaling Business On Ascend's Market-Leading MAX TNT 22-City Deployment Is Based on Ascend's Multi-Service, Carrier Class Access Switch ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1998-- Ascend Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASND - news), a leader in wide area networking (WAN) solutions for providers and users of the next generation public network, today announced a major network expansion by Eagle Communications. Through a large-scale deployment of Ascend's multi-service, carrier class MAX TNT(tm) Wide Area Network (WAN) access switches, Eagle Communications, a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) based in New York City, is extending its business into the emerging network wholesaling market. Utilizing Ascend's multi-service MAX TNT WAN access switch, Eagle Cÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ