Neg.........4) Lawsuits vs Magruder / vs Enrique Serna Martinez and no public announcement of this event. a) How do you hire someone as a Corporate counsel, know that he is licensed to practice law in Texas, ( not California )sign an agreement making the State of Texas the governing law, than bring suit in California, and site the fact that this attorney is not licensed to practice law in California as one of the reasons for that suit. Why hire him in the first place if his skills are not applicable. Thomas I left this in but could you give your source and are you talking about FCM lawyer or Mcgruder lawyer?
b) May 13, 1999, Fnet filed Court documents vs Magruder's plainly state that usat has suspended performance and withheld payments due fnet. No public announcement of this problem and / or that it is/was now corrected..
Pro...........A) I have no response still checking this but for now I will say its true and No counter of a pro...........B) True, there is no relese by company specifically addressing this issue and when and if its closed.
Neg.......... 800 number fiasco and subsequent lawsuit by AT&T.
Pro...........Both parties have settled this mess at least 6 months ago.
Neg......... Terms of the AT&T settlement were never made public
Pro..........No proof that it was not AT&T that might have asked for it to be kept quiet. Either way they were not broadcasting the results eather
Neg.........As of the shareholders meeting fnet has failed to IPO.
Pro.........It will if FNET gets to 10M annual run revenues.
Neg........ Node count never changes.Feb 11, 1997 through June 18, 1999. See below.
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Pro.......There is no Pro to counter this neg fact.
Neg.......Poorly written press releases, lacking details ?
Pro........That will change when/if PR firm comes on board But at this time no Pro to counter this neg fact
Neg.......Revenues unaudited
Pro.......There is no pro to counter this neg fact.
Neg.......Posters that claim information, that is not available to the public. See items # 3, 6 ( unproven ), 9, (21?), 22, 23, ( 26?). Seth's post # 1063. Not sure about items in parenthesis.
Pro........Mitch I believe your post helped out here.gggg
Neg.......Litigation of negative posters threatened when recent company litigation was made public.
Pro.......YEAH!!!! oopps sorry I mean errrrr This has no material affect on FCM share price and FCM future
Neg.......franklin's rescue of stranded AOL users.
Pro.......This is a repeat of the AT&T 800 suit so I guess view pro from above
Neg......false promises made by company in the past. ie,When is the big Kahuna going to arrive ( it was scheduled Mar.21, 1997 ) exchange2000.com
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Pro......True fact, but much better since Peter Buswell is in charge
Neg......franklin's relationship with the delisted and it seems now defunct gandalf and that company's propensity for sensational headlines. Leading to a dead end.
Pro.....Fact is, this has no material affect on FCM now, but did on share price in the past. I believe gandalf sold many shares into the market a couple of years ago that helped to depress share price
Neg.....franklin's ex partnership with dctc.
Pro......Not sure what to say to that. It never happened , it was 3 years ago, a lot of FCM holders also bought dctc. I guess there is no pro to counter this neg. fact
Neg.....defunct Intrine deal.
Pro......There is no pro to counter this neg fact
Neg.....Past product announcements and failures, after glorious headlines and board hype
Pro.....True fact, there is no pro to counter this negative fact
Neg......70,000 shares less in the CEO's holdings. Assigned to children and grandchildren ( according to and quoted by posters ), while executives demonstrated confidence and purchased.
Pro.......Ummm how can I add a pro to something that i feel is already a positive statement
Neg......Share price appreciation. Leaving out the $10 price of 1997, how many 4 & 5 dollar trips has the stock made?? Chart below.http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FCM&d=5y
Pro.....well this is a fact. Share price sucks if you own it at 3 or above. Great if you own it 1.50 and above. Share price is a negaitive.
Okay lets switch back to pros first and counter with negs
Pro......No longer a 1 product program. Tempest has expanded to become a line of new age telecommunication products:
TYPHOON is high density, carrier class solution designed to deliver over 1,300 IP telephony ports in a typical Telephone Company central office equipment rack. The low power, low profile, 2U high (3.5" high), rack mounted Typhoon supports upwards of 120 digital telephony ports per chassis ftel.com
FRANKLIN BRANCH DVG -- A four port version of the Tempest Gateway, optimized for the needs of a remote worker or small branch office. ftel.com
BREEZE is a 2-Port Gateway. Like the Tempest® Data Voice Gateway, the Breeze offers advanced voice compression, T.38 Relay Fax features, as well as a Windows based Graphical User Interface to enable rapid installation and configuration ftel.com
AMAS The Billing & Authorization Server within the Tempest System tracks and manages the database of subscribers. This product will set us apart from the rest. Billing Data is accessible from the web! Included FREE with hardware products ftel.com see also details in ftel.com
Internet gatekeeper ftel.com ""The glue that holds it all together! The Gatekeeper enables "interoperability" between the Franklin VoIP family of products and H.323 compliant products offered by other vendors. The Gatekeeper also enables Computer to Phone, Computer to Computer, and Web to Call Center communications using the rest of the Franklin VoIP family of products." ftel.com
CTS "Choose To Schmooze" bridges the Internet and public switched telephone network to add real-time voice capability to World Wide Web Pages. Peter B. on CST "Choose to Schmooze can make anybody's business smoother, smarter and more productive. Business owners, ISPs, Web Designers-this product is going to have them grinning all the way to the bank. And not only is it tremendous for business, it's downright FUN!" ftel.com
. Franklin Internet Voice Exchange - The Tempest with a PBX ftel.com - for details see also ftel.com
96 ports Peter Buswell states "The new units double the density of ports in the same amount of rack mount space. I should explain that rack space, whether in a collocation site for one of our telephone company customers or in a corporate site for one of our corporate intranet customers, is becoming more and more valuable. In collocation sites, the space in which you have your rack is essentially "real estate" and clearly, the more use you can make of your "property", the better off you are. With the new units, a typical seven-foot rack currently holding 384 ports can now hold 768 without the necessity of acquiring additional "real estate"....The 96 port model DVG will start shipping 4th quarter of 1999.
other extras worth noting ...G.711 Fax ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
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