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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3376)	4/14/1999 7:24:00 AM
From: Darren DeNunzio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Cable & Wireless Plans $670 Million Network April 13, 1999 the InternetNews.com Staff ISP News Archives Cable & Wireless USA Tuesday unveiled plans for a new $670 million high-capacity Internet network that will enable the company to offer a range of integrated Internet, data, voice and messaging solutions. Construction of the network, which will span 60 U.S. metropolitan areas, is estimated to take two years. It will support transmission speeds of up to OC-192, or 9.6 gigabits per second, and use advanced routing and switching technology. The network will link the United States with Cable & Wireless PLC's global network, including its Internet backbones in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region. The network is expected to be completed by 2001, although it will be deployed in phases that will be activated earlier. Cable & Wireless has purchased 15,000 route miles of dark fiber from Level 3 Communications to help build the network. Cable & Wireless USA will also use Juniper Networks M40 routers and Fore Systems' ForeRunner ASX 4000 ATM switches. Denny Matteucci, Cable & Wireless USA's chief executive officer, said the investment demonstrates the company's goal to become the top Internet communications provider. "This investment underscores our commitment to be a customer-focused company by anticipating our customers' needs for the capacity, speed and reliability to manage their mission-critical business operations...," he said.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3376)	4/14/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: ftth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

[OT] Thanks Frank. My profile is more a statement of how comical I think it is to pass judgement based on one's SI profile, than anything else. Profiles are a completely unauthenticated bio, and people can say anything (and many do!). I've come across several PhD's that know scant little but wow people with buzzwords and have an impressive profile. They get themselves a nice following of lemmings that follow their every word. I never would have expected that anyone would use the profile as a pass/fail criteria of whether to consider the content of one's posts worthwhile. I guess "image" is more important than substance (but that's obvious from the stock market these days too :o)). Steve Harmon comes to mind in that light. It's funny because I've been meaning to delete all the files linked into my profile to free up some disk space. Maybe I should replace the links with a list of several degrees, professional acronyms, list the 10 hottest stocks of the past few months as my favorites, and say I'm a professional internet analyst (whatever that is) :o). I also don't quite understand why SPS thought that was my personal story. I thought I made that clear thru the citations it was briefing.com's story. dh