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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (4084)	6/7/1999 1:19:00 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Mike: If I remember correctly, AOL struck a deal with Hughes a few weeks ago. With respect to terrestrial wireless, keep in mind that WCII, TGNT, ARTT, NXLK all serve business customers, not residences. Note that broadband wireless services are unregulated (no monopoly exists), so AOL will never be able to get a judge to open this market for them. I can only speculate why AOL has not yet forged an alliance with a broadband terrestrial wireless company, but the reasons are probably: a) broadband terrestrial wireless is not a mass market yet, b) the leader, Winstar, has already a successful ISP operation which it might spin off or monetize in the form of a tracking stock. Best regards, Bernard Levy

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (4084)	6/21/1999 8:29:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: Sprint's ION and Last Mile Solution(s)? Thread, News from Sprint about marketing ION to consumers. But as usual, Sprint doesn't do details. Sprint won't say how many businesses have signed up for ION and now they are going after the consumer. Could be read as a positive or negative for ION. Plus it doesn't say how it will get around the 1996 Telecom Act either? It would have to lease lines from the ILECs, set up it's own DSL network or contract out with a DSL provider. Or maybe use it's wireless network of which they have invested about $1 billion so far. Like I said, as usual, Sprint makes a big announcement, but totally lacks a solid plan? I have no interest in Sprint, nor do I follow it, but it just seems like they make big announcements without knowing all the details first. But one thing is certain, no matter what Sprint does to solve the last mile problem, last mile investors benefit. MikeM(From Florida) ______________________________ Sprint unveils consumer ION service June 21, 1999 -- Sprint said today it would expand its one-stop-shopping mix of broadband Internet and advanced telephone services to the residential market, starting in three cities this fall. As reported earlier, Sprint has been planning a consumer rollout of its ION, or Integrated On-Demand Network, since introducing the service nearly a year ago. But until today, the firm's marketing and sales efforts have been focused on large businesses. ION is Sprint's system for linking data and voice calls into single, flexible network. For consumers, this will mean the integration of high-speed Internet service with advanced phone services, such as customizable additional phone lines, forwarding messages to a Sprint wireless phone, and other applications. The service marks Sprint's most concerted push yet at competing withAT&T's planned voice, video, and Internet services over cable TV lines. Like AT&T's cable service, Sprint's ION will aim at luring consumers away from the local phone companies with packages that link telephone and Internet services. ION subscribers will be charged a flat rate for virtually unlimited local, long distance, and Internet service, the company said. The price is expected to be between $100 and $150, but the company said it is still developing a pricing structure. The consumer service will initially be rolled out in Seattle, Denver, and Kansas City this fall. Sprint will use high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) telephone wires and wireless technology to provide residential Net access. Sprint has been testing the service with consumers in Gardner, Kansas, for the past two years, doubling the size of its trial this month, the company said. Analysts said the ION service would be unlikely to appeal to the mass market soon, however. "I see this as an important baby step," said Jupiter Communications senior analyst Abhi Chaki last week. "But by the nature of the service, the people who end up taking it will be the small businesses and home offices."