All the week's news and views about The Edge, 10/04/04 _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Altiris
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Register today to find out how to protect yourself. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=83490 _______________________________________________________________ Edge News Alert Private line usage up, but revenue is falling, 10/04/04 According to a recent study from Insight Research, private line revenue will dip 4% this year to $33.9 billion from $35.5 billion in 2003 - despite increased usage. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404private.html?nl> Upstart firm touts remote DSLAM, 10/04/04 A privately held Canadian company is attempting to head off more-established players in bringing next-generation broadband capabilities to North American carriers and their customers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404critical.html?nl> AT&T expands network globally, 10/04/04 AT&T last week announced network expansion initiatives that include extending the reach of its Multi-protocol Label Switching network in Asia and South America, boosting IP capacity in the northwest U.S., increasing the reach of remote access services and deploying four new data centers overseas. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/100404attnet.html?nl> Lucent allies with Riverstone, 09/30/04 Lucent this week said it will resell metro Ethernet routers from Riverstone Networks and combine them with Juniper core routers and its own access and transport gear for carrier triple-play broadband requirements. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0930lucentstone.html?nl> Nortel details plans to lay off 3,250 employees, 09/30/04 Nortel will lay off approximately 1,400 employees in the U.S. and about 950 in Canada, with those employees to be notified by the end of June 2005, the network equipment vendor said in a regulatory filing Thursday that fleshed out earlier ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0930nortedetai.html?nl> Changes afoot at Broadwing, 09/29/04 Corvis, the parent company of Broadwing Communications, announced this week that it is changing its name to Broadwing Corp. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0929corvis.html?nl> Leucadia sells shares of MCI, 09/28/04 Leucadia National this week sold all of its MCI stock. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0928mci.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Edge Managing Editor Jim Duffy at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Altiris In this era of online self-service, system availability is mission critical. 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