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To: The Phoenix who wrote (60445)	3/25/1999 4:19:00 PM
From: Hagar	Respond to of 61433

I'm not aware of any ATM services based network built on ASND switches except possibly the newer GX550s. I understood that the CBX 500 was used for high speed trunking for their BSTDX 9000. Its possible that the GX 550 is used in the same manner with interworking performed at the edges. Then again I don't know much about the deployment of ASND switches.

To: The Phoenix who wrote (60445)	3/25/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Mr.Fun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

AT&T's ATM network is Ascend, its frame relay network is Cisco and its managed services business uses NN gear for customers who want their ATM traffic isolated from the AT&T core network. WorldCom and MCI each had two networks pre-merger. The former MCI networks (NN for ATM, Nortel/Bay for frame relay)are being ripped out and the traffic moved to the legacy WorldCom networks (Cisco for ATM, Ascend for Frame Relay). The "migration from NN to CSCO" refers to the MCI native ATM network giving way to the CSCO based WorldCom native ATM network. Both companies (T and WCOM) are expected to announce plans for global ATM-based multiservices networks sometime this year.