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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.27


[ANTEC NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES LETTERHEAD]

December 22, 1997

Mr. Robert Stanzione
9355 Chandler Bluff
Alpharetta, Georgia 330022

Dear Bob:

I am writing to set forth our arrangement for your assumption of the
office of President and Chief Operating Officer of ANTEC, effective
January 1, 1998.
        
Your employment will continue under the terms of your existing employment 
agreement:
        
                 Your salary will be at the rate of $340,000 a year, effective
                 January 1, 1998.

                 You will be granted for 1997 an option, in the form attached,
                 to purchase 335,000 shares of ANTEC stock. This option will 
                 be granted no later than January 31, 1998.

                 For each share of this option you exercise, the Company will 
                 pay you an amount equal to the amount by which the exercise 
                 price of your option exceeds $9.75 per share. The payment 
                 will be made on the later of the date of exercise or 
                 November 15, 2000.

Please indicate your acceptance of the above by signing and returning a copy of
this letter to me. This letter supercedes our letter of November 22, 1997.
        
                                                        
                                                     Sincerely, 

                                                 /s/ Lawrence A. Margolis
                                                     -------------------- 
                                                     Lawrence A. Margolis


LAM/slc
Enclosure 


                                                
                                                  

AGREED:  Jan. 16 
        -----------------, 1998

    /s/ Robert J. Stanzione
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       Robert J. Stanzione      

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                     THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PART OF A
                PROSPECTUS COVERING SECURITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
                 REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                             STOCK OPTION GRANT


        THIS GRANT is made as of the 10th day of February, 1998 by ANTEC 
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), to ROBERT STANZIONE 
(the "Optionee").

        1. INCORPORATION OF TERMS

        This Grant shall be governed by the attached ANTEC Corporation Stock 
Option Terms (the "Terms"), all of the provisions of which are hereby 
incorporated herein.

        2. GRANT OF OPTION

        On the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Terms, the 
Corporation hereby grants to the Optionee the option to purchase 335,000 Shares
as defined in the Terms for an exercise price of eleven dollars and twelve and
one-half cents ($11.125) per Share.  This option replaces the option for the
same number of shares granted to Optionee on December 18, 1997.
        
        3. RIGHT TO EXERCISE

        Subject to the conditions and the exceptions set forth in this 
Grant and in the Terms, this Option shall become exercisable on May 7, 2003. 
This Option shall become exercisable prior thereto as follows:
        
        a. One third (1/3) of the Shares covered by this Option shall be
eligible for vesting, with 50% of this amount being immediately 
exercisable and the remaining 50% becoming exercisable twelve (12) months 
thereafter (a "Delayed Vesting Period"), once the fully diluted earnings per
Share of Stock of the Corporation, before consideration of non-recurring 
items, over any four consecutive fiscal quarters have totaled more than one
dollar ($1) a Share (the "Earnings Target"), and the daily closing price per
Share of Stock for twenty (20) consecutive trading days has been fifteen
dollars ($15) per Share or more (a "Stock Price Target").

        b. One third (1/3) of the Shares covered by this Option shall be 
eligible for vesting, with 50% of this amount being immediately exercisable and
the remaining 50% becoming exercisable twelve (12) months thereafter (a
"Delayed Vesting Period"), once the Earnings Target has been met and the
daily closing price per Share of Stock for twenty (20) consecutive trading
days has been twenty dollars ($20) per Share or more (a "Stock Price Target").
        
        c. One third (1/3) of the Shares covered by this Option shall be 
eligible for vesting, with 50% of this amount being immediately 
exercisable and the remaining 50% becoming exercisable twelve (12) months 
thereafter (a "Delayed Vesting Period"), once the Earnings Target has been
met and the daily closing price per Share of Stock for twenty (20) consecutive 
trading days has been twenty-five dollars ($25) per Share or more (a "Stock
Price Target").
        
        d. All of the Shares covered by Option shall be exercisable upon 
the occurrence of a Change of Control. For this purpose a Change of Control
shall be the acquisition of the beneficial ownership by any person and that
person's affiliates (excluding Anixter International Inc.,  Tele-Communications,
Inc.  and their affiliates) of more than 50% of the Shares of Stock of the
Corporation or the commencement of a tender offer, the consummation of which
would result in such an acquisition.

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        Upon an Employment Termination, this Option can be exercised only 
to the extent it was exercisable on the date of that termination and only as
otherwise provided in the Terms. The only exception is that if the 
Employment Termination was by the Corporation without cause during a
Delayed Vesting Period, the Optionee can exercise this Option for the
Shares which become available at the end of that Delayed Vesting Period, 
and for this purpose the term of this Option shall be extended to the day
thirty (30) days after the end of that Delayed Vesting Period, but not beyond
May 7, 2004.
        
        In the event this Option is adjusted pursuant to the Terms, an 
appropriate adjustment shall be made by the Board to the Earnings Target and
the Share Price Targets. The determination by the Board or the authorized 
committee of the Board on these matters as well as all other matters 
concerning this Option, including the computation of fully diluted earning
per Share before non-recurring items, shall be final and binding.
        
        NO EXISTING CONTRACT WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE VESTING OR EXERCISABILITY 
OF STOCK OPTIONS OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED IN THIS GRANT SHALL APPLY TO THIS
OPTION. BY ACCEPTING THIS OPTION, THE OPTIONEE IS AGREEING THAT ANY EXISTING
CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY ARE BEING MODIFIED AS PROVIDED HEREIN.
NO FUTURE CONTRACT SHALL APPLY TO THIS OPTION UNLESS SUCH CONTRACT EXPRESSLY
PROVIDES TO THE CONTRARY, REFERRING TO THIS OPTION BY DATE OF GRANT AND
EXERCISE PRICE.
        
        4.   TERM OF OPTION

        This Option shall in any event expire in its entirety May 7, 2004. 
This Option shall further expire as set forth in the Terms.

        5.   EXERCISE CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT TO REFRAIN FROM COMPETITION

        By exercising any portion of this Option, the Optionee will be 
signifying the agreement of Optionee to refrain for a period of nine
months from the termination of Optionee's employment with the Corporation and
its subsidiaries, from participating in any activities which are competitive
with any activities of the Corporation or its subsidiaries in which the
Optionee participated. Participation shall not include the ownership of less
than 1% of a publicly traded security.
        
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Grant to be 
executed on its behalf by its officer duly authorized to act on behalf of the 
Corporation.


                                           ANTEC CORPORATION,
                                           a Delaware corporation

                                           By:  Lawrence A. Margolis
                                              ----------------------------
                                                Lawrence A. Margolis      
                                           Its: Executive Vice President


Accepted:

Robert J. Stanzione 2/10/98
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Robert J. Stanzione