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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (31882)	6/7/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Respond to of 152472

never mind

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (31882)	6/7/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Respond to of 152472

Jon- There was a guy from Robertson Stevens this morning who also thinks negatively of Barron's. Personally, it's better for us to do our dd, than react to analysts b.s. wcom is a winner long term. It will be interesting to see if anything flies with them and nextwave. Caxton

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (31882)	6/7/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Jon- Now this would be fun, wcom eats sprint. Say they have a wireless network don't they? Caxton Sprint Speculation Begins In comments made in the aisles and corridors, it became clear that at least some analysts and investors believe that MCI Worldcom ought to wind up acquiring the Sprint Corp., the No. 3 long-distance carrier. "I've already built it into my model," an analyst joked. There would be two main benefits to such a deal. First, Sprint would give MCI Worldcom a nationwide wireless phone network. (MCI has no cellular business.) Second, Sullivan and his financial engineers could surely wring billions in costs from a combined MCI Worldcom-Sprint. The two companies do not appear to be in negotiations. But based on some aisle discussions Wednesday, it is clear that top MCI Worldcom executives have thought about it. They fear, though, that regulators would balk on antitrust grounds at the prospect of the top four long-distance carriers of a couple of years ago -- AT&T, MCI, Sprint and Worldcom -- becoming only two. But once the Bells jump into the long-distance market, those regulatory concerns may ease.