Pro.....Product best in shows ftel.com
Neg.....Some neg posters might thisnk that other companies getting best in show is a neg here. I leave that up to the reader
Pro....... OEM agreements with vodavi will lead to another avenue to move product off shelf. First order was for 30 boxes. ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact unless you think IR is a liar
Pro.......Power & Telephone another avenue of distribution although unclear how successful they have been ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..... JM Best growing nicely jmbest.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro......USAT & FCM are still doing business together. No indication that will change either. They have about 10,500 ports up and going. Looking for 20,000 by year end (source - SHM)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro......... IDM Satellite - ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........Alliance with Liberty One in Australia ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........ Alliance with WorldCom ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........ Netwaves alliance? netwaves.com - not sure if this is still alive
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.........client,FNET
Neg........Still with parent no IPO as yet
Pro..........client,JM Best ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..........client, USAT ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.......client,CVOZ ftel.com
Neg......Web site under construction
Pro.......Mid-Atlantic US customer (Feb 10 99) ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro......Customer switching from another vendor (Feb 10 99) ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro......Frank said in an interview that they had 30-40 small customers buying DVG's (still looking for the source)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.......FNET expanding IP Telephony network which will be located in California, Brazil, Ivory Coast in Africa, Lebanon, Azerbaijan and China. By the way Brazil should be up this month according to press release ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........New small customers popping up for example 1 in Philippines with 6 units and another company has 1 in China. (source - SHM)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.......Tek DigiTel -http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990525/md_tek_dig_2.html
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
FNET
Pro.......Operating the world's largest VoIP network "During the last two months we have been digesting the ongoing design, installation and maintenance of the largest single VoIP network in the world." ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........Recently expanded the Network Operations Center (NOC) by 300% to handle expected traffic (source: call to FCM IR and several reports via site visits)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro......... June 1998 Harris sold Bosnia system to FCM and Franklin started the installation of a Harris switch. This switch allows FNET to terminate calls all over the world! ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.......... Bosnia network is currently earning $120,000 per month pro rate that system alone out its earnings are on a pace to achieve $1,440,000.00 per annum. Fact is that network minutes are still growing and so is the network. ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact other than saying unaudited
Pro........Meeting with NATO commanders for further buildout of network over there (source SHM)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..........Capacity for about 1000 T1 lines coming into WLV office - thru GTE cables (source - early PRs from FCM '96 or '97.. not avail online that I can find)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.........Running TV ads in Calif for ADSL service (source - CEO report)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.........Fnet is handling about 1 million minutes a month of "off-net" traffic for USAT. (source SHM)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........Underwriters have been in to set groundwork for IPO. If FNET runs 10M a year than it will be underwritten (source FCM IR)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro......... Fnet revenues have increased steadily since Peter Buswell took over (source SEC filings)
Neg........unaudited
Pro......... ADSL "Fast Link" agreements with GTE & PAC Bell can only add to the bottom line ftel.com ftel.com
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro........Some private DVG purchases are being added to the FNET network and managed by FNET (additional revenue per minute) (JMBest as an example)
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.........Web design firm within FNET franklin.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..........Pre-paid phone cards and Corporate cards fnet.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..........International Cell phone calling fnet.net:88/cgi-pl/get_rates.pl?type=us-cell
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.........International 800 Number service fnet.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..........Wholesale Carrier Services. fnet.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.......... Existing ISP service - 500 pops in US and 13 in Canada franklin.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro..........Franklin Internet Services: franklin.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.........HOSTING - Advertise to the world for the least cost and the highest visibility web hosting, domain registration, programming, and more... franklin.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Pro.......... E-commerce - Establish your e-business presence by utilizing Franklin interNet e-commerce solutions and services. franklin.net
Neg......No neg fact posted as of this date to counter this pro fact
Thats it for now. You are all welcome to nit pick away. I am done with this part. Thomas et all will have fun trying to use smoke and mirrors but the hours od DD are evident that Mitch and I and others behind the scene have put in.
I swear I am doing this for what I believe are all the right reasons. My time is valuable but I admit this week is very slow.
Disclaimer: Franklin Telecom the company or its subsidiaries have not helped with this project. In fact if they are aware of it its because they read it here. I am not paid by, or have received any funds, shares or options from FCM/FNET or any entity that would benefit from positive information posted on boards, in return for my time spent on these boards.
Franklin has not approved this material in anyway
Thanks for reading
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