SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In the absence of substantive product news while awash in a sea of daily news espousing the "end of the world" for telecommunications, Allegro Networks today announced plans to hold an irreverent wake at this year's SUPERCOMM conference to commemorate the death of the Telecom industry. According to the Company, leading indicators such as recent media coverage and analyst reports, failed networking publications along with Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 filings all point to the fact that the Web is dead, electronic communication is really no longer necessary and there's no money to be made communicating with each other in any way, shape or form. In response, Allegro Networks' Telecom Wake will pay homage to the industry and those many carriers and equipment suppliers that were part of the industry carnage over the last two years. The not-so exclusive, but by-invitation-only, event will be held in Atlanta on Monday, June 3rd from 8 to 11 p.m. Partygoers will dress in black and receive a survival kit that includes Enron stock certificates, a copy of all-but-dead Tauzin-Dingell Broadband bill, a gazillion dollar bill, bottled water and a lucky rabbit's foot. Tombstones will commemorate the deceased carriers and equipments suppliers. Live musical guest, the Grateful Dead, declined an invitation to hold a private free concert. Invitees include president George W. Bush, Fed. Chairman Alan Greenspan, FCC chairman Michael Powell, Representatives Bill Tauzin and John Dingell, Vint Cerf, Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock, the entire staff of Light Reading and Network World, Regis Philbin, Scott Thurm of the Wall Street Journal (because we want him to write about us), the Mayor of Atlanta and Cher (because she believes). Other lesser known industry luminaries and pundits are expected to actually attend the exclusive function. Non-invitees include Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore (self-proclaimed co-founder of the Internet), Jeffrey Skilling, Whitney Houston, N-Sync, John Chambers, Tony Li, Gary Condit, Selina Lo, Mike Tyson, Britney Spears, Jesse Jackson, the production crew of Fear Factor and Vince McMahon. "Clearly from all the recent press and analyst reports, the Telecom industry is all but dead with no hope for revival in the near future," sarcastically quipped Dave House, president and CEO of Allegro Networks. "So we thought it only appropriate to fondly remember and pay homage to an industry that has been a good friend to so many of us over the years." Allegro Networks Inc. For more information on Supercomm 2002, please visit: Supercomm Special