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The model's full reasoning — Q2 2017 call → NOWe need answer YES or NO based on transcript. Need identify if management describes existing capability used for second larger purpose, already converting with little in results. Let's parse transcript. Company Cogent Communications, internet service provider. They have network, data centers, sales force. They sell internet transit to NetCentric customers and corporate customers. They also sell VPN services (VPLS) as replacement for MPLS. They mention VPN services increased to 17% of total revenues, over 25% of corporate revenues. Is that a second use of existing network? They built network for internet transit, now using same network for VPN services to corporate customers, a much larger market? Let's see. Question asks: "SOMETHING THE COMPANY ALREADY OWNS AND ALREADY OPERATES FOR ITS EXISTING BUSINESS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE USEFUL FOR A SECOND, MUCH LARGER PURPOSE — and that the company has recently BEGUN turning that second use into real business, without having had to build a new company to do it?" Need answer YES if management's words convey one coherent situation with three elements. Look for management statements. Dave mentions "our VPN services. We sell a VPL – that's a virtual private line service, that's increasingly being use as a replacement for MPLS... That market is actually much larger than the corporate dedicated Internet access market. Our VPN services have increased to a total of 17% of total revenues, and over 25% of our corporate revenues." This seems to fit: existing network capability (fiber network) used for internet access, now also used for VPN services. Second use is much larger market (VPN/MPLS replacement). Already converting: VPN services are 17% of total revenues, 25% of corporate revenues. But is it "recently begun"? They say "in a few short years" and "increased to". Also "we have been able to capture shares, why our VPN business is now 25% of our Corporate business and 17% of total revenues in a few short years". So it's already significant, not barely showing. But question asks "results just reported contain little of this second use, because its contribution is early or ramping and mostly lies ahead". Here VPN is 17% of total revenues, 25% of corporate revenues. That's not "little" or "barely show it". However, maybe the second use is "VPN services" and it's already 17% of revenues, so not barely showing.
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