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To: uu who wrote (2053)	5/12/1998 4:05:00 PM
From: Financial Internet Group	Read Replies (2) of 3967

Addi: Airstar, through it's wholly-owned subsidiary, Select Switch Systems, Inc., digs the trenches and lays the cable right to the buildings on the bases and also installs wiring to each room in the buildings. The other end of the cable terminates at a switch (on the base) which links the base's lines to the local telephone company (called a LEC). Airstar does not sell telephones. SSI is Select Switch Systems (referred to above) which does all the actual installation work. Dial tone charges run about $18 to $22 per man per month. Hook-up charges are just what they sound like, a one-time charge of about $40 for hooking the customer up to the phone system. Airstar has been awarded the high-speed Internet and cable TV services to these bases, so, yes, ASTG can become an ISP and we can install cable for TV and charge for delivering the service. We don't have accurate figures on these services yet but we expect them to be very profitable. Once ASTG or one of its subsidiaries gets CLEC licensing (CLEC stands for Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) and what are called "interconnect agreements" in place, we can compete with local telephone companies for civilian business. Having our switches and other trunking facilities already installed on the bases will give us an advantage in the immediately surrounding communities. With the bases as anchors, we can expand outward as our profitability and capabilities grow. The "70,000 customers" referred to single soldiers on Army bases. We will soon be able to serve all the personnel on our Army bases as well as on Air Force bases. Again, we will be able to supply Internet and cable as well as local phone service. Our aim is to eventually be serving 107 to 142 military bases and to take advantage of opportunities in the communities that surround them. So we have plenty of room for growth on and off the military bases. I hope this helps to make things clearer for you. Dal Grauer

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