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    1. “ These 20 companies represent 25 percent of the MEF equipment vendors totaling about 80. ”
    2. “ From the overall service provider perspective, the number one thing they are looking for is the ability to expand their footprint with interconnectivity to build a global network. ”
    3. “ We can make sure those performance objectives of those applications will be met. ”
    4. “ Now we not only have the service definition, but we have a rigorous set of tests to allow equipment vendors to demonstrate that they fully comply with the requirements for Ethernet access delivery by service providers. ”
    5. “ The reason for that is for a vendor that is a NID [network interface device], for example, may not necessarily require all of the services, but the majority of the products tested have passed all of the services. ”
    6. “ The traffic being carried by CE 1.0 exceeds all the traffic being carried by Frame Relay, T1, and ATM combined. ”

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