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To: John Pitera who wrote (46026)	6/9/1999 10:46:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

John, Concerning Ike's situation. Message 10046391 Message 10050653 Message 10050721 JXM

To: John Pitera who wrote (46026)	6/9/1999 10:54:00 PM
From: wlheatmoon	Respond to of 86076

John, what do you take of this information? i got it from financial times. wonder who will benefit and who will get hammered. Mobile phone groups agree standard By Scott Morrison in Toronto and Paul Taylor in London The world's major wireless operators and equipment suppliers have agreed a single technical standard to allow the next generation of mobile phones to be used around the world. The agreement, at a meeting of the Operators Harmonisation Group in Toronto, will apply to so-called third generation (3G) wireless communications systems - also known as Universal Mobile Telephone Services. This paves the way for the development of sophisticated handheld devices capable of global roaming, receiving multimedia services including video and providing high speed internet access. To date mobile phone users cannot always use the same handset in different countries, particularly when travelling between Europe and the US. Roger Weir, head of the communications practice at the Renaissance Worldwide consultancy said he was surprised the agreement was so conclusive. "It's a significant milestone," he said. Following the Toronto deal on a 3G standard, a group of operators and manufacturers, including AT&T Wireless, British Telecommunications, Ericsson and Nortel Networks are to announce today that they will work to establish common backbone standards, based on internet protocol for the next generation of wireless systems. The IP packet-based network, to carry high speed data, would gradually replace the current circuit-switch network designed to carry voice traffic. A group of more than 30 wireless operators and 12 equipment makers agreed on a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) family of standards. It will provide a clear transition path from the current second generation of mobile systems, including those based upon the European GSM standard now in use by over 150m people in 118 different countries. The agreement is supported by operators serving 75 per cent of the world's customer base. This will enable a smooth transition from the existing competing mobile telephone technologies and is expected to save the industry tens of billions of dollars over the next several years. In particular, the adoption of a common standard for the next generation of mobile phones should lower development costs and generate higher manufacturing volumes.

To: John Pitera who wrote (46026)	6/9/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 86076

Theres this one guy (Jock Hutchinson) who really has a problem with threatening people with the SEC. He does this on numerous threads. If this is the kind of thing the SEC is looking into I think we need to cut their budget a little - lol Message 8015894

To: John Pitera who wrote (46026)	6/9/1999 10:57:00 PM
From: BGR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

John, My (unsolicited) opinion is that such juvenile behavior should be banned by the SI usage terms and conditions as that simply drives dissent out of all discussions. Which is to be avoided to maintain the value of any discussion forum. -BGR.

To: John Pitera who wrote (46026)	6/9/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: wlheatmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

John, Did you see all of these headlines on ALA today? Geez, they're pumping this puppy, eh? About time for an upgrade, then. mike Wed Jun 9 ALA [external] Supercomm attendees eye optical net gear - at Red Herring Wed Jun 9 ALA Alcatel Launches DynaMiTe ADSL Chipset With Built in PCI Interface - Business Wire Wed Jun 9 ALA Alcatel's DynaMiTe ADSL Chipset Is The Basis For Interoperability in G.lite and G.dmt Standards - Business Wire Wed Jun 9 ALA Alcatel Provides IN Service for Converging Wireless and Wireline Networks - Business Wire Wed Jun 9 ALA Alcatel Extends Range of SONET Access Gear to Address Packet to DWDM Technologies - Business Wire

To: John Pitera who wrote (46026)	6/9/1999 11:58:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Hi John, that's a difficult question to answer because I assume that a lawyer knows better than to actually cross the line that will get him/her into trouble. I don't have a copy of the Model Rules of Professional Responsiblility here at the house, so I will have to get a more detailed response later. The one I am most familiar with is that it is unethical to threaten criminal actions in order to gain an advantage in civil matters. I would consider threatening people with the SEC as threatening at least quasi-criminal, if not criminal action. In the situations I am thinking of, the lawyer may threaten someone who is saying things he doesn't like about a stock he has an investment in, that if they don't shut up he is going to turn them over to the SEC. I think that's a clear violation of legal ethics.