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To: pat mudge who wrote (8306)	12/7/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

Pat,if you reading announcment for Frontier it sonds like only ASND switch can do it.NN's 36170 can do the same , but service provider has to pay for it.The biger Q is :can they fill this pipeline? Nobody is buying car base on max. speed. regards Zbyslaw Company Press Release Frontier Deploys Fastest ATM Network in Industry ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1998--Frontier Communications continues to set the pace of innovation in the communications industry by deploying the fastest Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network available today. Using switches purchased from Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASND - news), Frontier is transmitting its ATM traffic at 2.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) directly over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment. That's 16 times faster than the typical ATM technology currently in use. ''This isn't something we're promising to do in the future -- we're doing it now. The ATM layer of the Frontier Optronics Network(SM) is already lit and carrying traffic at incredible speeds,'' said Michael Coghill, Frontier's vice president of network operations. ''Let me try to put the impact of this announcement into perspective with an analogy. If you think of traditional networks moving at 65 miles per hour, Frontier's ATM highway raises the speed limit to 3,000 miles per hour. Thanks to Frontier, network congestion may well become a thing of the past.'' ''Ascend is pleased to partner with such an innovative service provider as Frontier,'' said Thomas DeCanio, vice president of Ascend's product marketing core switching division. ''By connecting Ascend GX 550 ATM switches directly to DWDM at OC-48/STM-16 speeds, thereby eliminating an entire layer of traditional transmission equipment, Frontier is deploying the most efficient network architecture possible at the fastest ATM speeds available.'' The Frontier Optronics Network already moves data at OC-48 rates (2.5 Gbps) over its coast-to-coast Internet Protocol (IP) network layer. Frontier has also created a ''network express lane,'' deploying Hyper-Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (HDWDM) equipment in its top 20 markets. HDWDM can move traffic at speeds of 1.28 terabits (trillions) of data per second on a single fiber strand. This ability to transmit trillions of bits of data, instead of the billions carried by conventional optical technology, makes the Frontier Optronics Network the fastest in the world. About Frontier Communications Frontier Communications, a unit of Frontier Corporation (NYSE:FRO - news), is one of the leading providers of integrated communications solutions -- including Internet, IP and data applications, long distance, local telephone and wireless -- to business customers nationwide. The self-healing Frontier Optronics Network(SM) provides customers with faster transmission speeds, greater bandwidth capacity and unrivaled reliability. For more information, visit the Frontier web site at www.frontiercorp.com. You can receive a faxed copy of any Frontier Corporation press release dating back to November 1997, free of charge, 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-448-8533. An automated system will provide you with instructions. Contact: Frontier Communications Michele D. Sadwick 716-777-6021 E-mail: msadwick@frontiercorp.com More Quotes and News: Ascend Communications Inc (Nasdaq:ASND - news) Frontier Corp (NYSE:FRO - news) Related News Categories: computers, networking, telecom Help Copyright © 1998 Business Wire. All rights reserved. All the news releases provided by Business Wire are copyrighted. Any forms of copying other than an individual user's personal reference without express written permission is prohibited. Further distribution of these materials is strictly forbidden, including but not limited to, posting, emailing, faxing, archiving ina public database, redistributing via a computer network or in a printed form. See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information. Questions or Comments?

To: pat mudge who wrote (8306)	12/7/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: gbh	Respond to of 18016

Pat, here's another NN customer for you guys to track over here. This is only part of the most recent 10-Q. \| Return to Headlines \| E SPIRE COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:ESPI) files SEC Form 10-Q EDGAR Online, Friday, November 13, 1998 at 21:42 ITEM 2 -- MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company's condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included herewith, and with the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the years ended June 30, 1995 and 1996, for the six months ended December 31, 1996 and the year ended December 31, 1997 included in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. OVERVIEW e.spire Communications, Inc. (formerly American Communications Services, Inc.), formed in 1993, seeks to be a leading facilities-based Integrated Communications Provider ("ICP") to businesses in markets primarily in the southern half of the United States. By the end of 1997, the Company had become one of the first Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ("CLECs") to combine the provision of dedicated, local and long distance voice services with frame relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode ("ATM") and Internet services. Having established this suite of telecommunications services which emphasizes data capabilities in addition to traditional CLEC offerings, the Company evolved into an ICP. e.spire seeks to provide customers with superior service and competitive prices while offering a single source for integrated communications services designed to meet its business customers' needs. In August 1998, the Company announced its' plan to enter the New York and Philadelphia local markets, and to provide long-haul fiber capabilities between New York and Baltimore through a long-term lease with Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. The Company's facilities-based network infrastructure is designed to provide services to customers on an end-to-end basis, and, as of September 30, 1998, was comprised of 1,651 route miles of fiber in its 35 local networks in 21 states, 66 Newbridge ATM switches, 18 Lucent 5ESS switches and approximately 22,000 backbone long haul miles in its leased coast-to-coast broadband data network.