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To: The Phoenix who wrote (57497)	11/25/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: Bindusagar Reddy	Respond to of 61433

Gary, that sounds logical. Have a great thanksgiving. BR

To: The Phoenix who wrote (57497)	11/25/1998 11:52:00 AM
From: gbh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Regarding the confusion surrounding the China Post contracts, here's my take. NN has been awarded the core with its 36170 switch. ASND has been awarded a portion of the edge, primarily dealing with frame relay aggregation into the ATM network, with its 9000 switch. The 9000's primary goal in life is frame relay support. It is a cell switching box but for all intents and purposes is a frame relay switch. It can sport lower speed ATM (CES) ports, and can also supply ATM uplinks (at least at 45Mb/s, maybe even 155, I have to check to be sure). Depending on the country's use of frame relay there could be many of these 9000 switches (hundreds???). The 36170's, I assume, are being used in place of ASND CBX 500's (must have been what ASND proposed). In summary, a good win for ASND, but a much better win for NN. One must ask why the 36170's were able to beat out the CBX500... Gary