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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8385)	11/16/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: David Wiggins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

There is NO SERVICE yet. I talked to a nice man at Globalstar IR today after two more calls. He was very nice, but I'll tell you, those folks are capable of more semantic contortions than an Arkansas president with his pants down. After pinning them down to a definition of service = the ability for someone to buy a phone and then use it somewhere, I was told that there is no service launch. That statement to contrary was in error. There will be no service anywhere until January. South America, China, and South Africa were mentioned. No US service until February. Of course, this was 'all according to plan' according to the nice gentleman. When I reminded him of the Q399 and Oct. 11th dates he told me there was in fact, a little 'slippage' but still everything was going according to plans HUH? Anyway, we had a very pleasant conversation if not encouraging. It ain't his fault they can't seem to get their act together I guess. Regards, Dave

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8385)	11/17/1999 3:13:00 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

OK, you beat me! But I took a closer look at the map and I see that the planned 2000 coverage does include Southeast Alaska and a corner of Southcentral. So maybe I could get it to work if I climb one of the mountains east of Anchorage.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8385)	11/17/1999 11:10:00 AM
From: John Stichnoth	Respond to of 29987

I think the FBI, unfortunately, does have an argument for their right to intervene--because the gateway is in Canada. The Feds have been given by our wonderful Congress <insert sarcasm> the right to monitor international traffic without getting a judge's permission. Can anyone confirm this? Best, JS

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8385)	11/18/1999 5:24:00 AM
From: Veiko Herne	Respond to of 29987

Maurice Do I understand the current G* situation correctly. 1. The official launch and marketing have started now. 2. There is no place, where I can buy a phone. If I answer to advertising, I can get only Globarstar corporate brochure. 3. If there will be a US internet store for G phones in future, they unlikely will sell the GSM version of it. (And what about salespersons from US businesses, how will travel more in Europe, than US) 4. If I will still want to get the phone, I must wait, when Radiolinja is ready to sell it in Estonia (probably after 5 years). To get any phone from Radiolinja, I need to sell my profitable businesses, forget stockmarket and get a 9 to 5 job. I think, those 9 to 5 persons rarely need a SAT phone. If previous is correct, IMHO, this project will end as Iridium. Veiko