Anyone planning to peer with these guys ?

Fri Nov 21 02:47:28 UTC 1997

>    Technical Details: GTMI has established a national backbone which
>    operates as a fully-meshed network operating at DS-3 speeds, and
>    interconnecting, or "peering" with several other networks at undisclosed
>    private peering points. Multiple Lucent 5E12 switches, capable of
>    processing data using multiple protocols including Internet (IP)
>    Protocol, will route the traffic through the network. Dr. Robert
>    Elliot, Chief Technology Officer, was quoted as saying, "We are excited
>    about employing the Lucent 5E12 switches in the new network
>    architecture. It just proves that IP telephony is becoming a reality."

Could someone more clued in on Lucent switches comment on this? I went to
Lucent's web site and did a search for 5E12 and it returned nothing. I
found some stuff on 5E11, which apparently is a new software release for
the 5ESS-2000 switch.

Bradley