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To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (9004)	12/30/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: David Wiggins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Jim, Thanks for the inspiring post! Congratulations on getting the phone. Looks like I should be getting mine soon as well. Regards, Dave

To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (9004)	12/30/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: MileHigh	Respond to of 29987

Jim, Please post your experience with the phone/service/clarity etc. when you receive. Thanks! MileHigh

To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (9004)	12/30/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Hello Jim. Now what the heck is going on here? Michael Allard orders a phone on the Web, gets it the next day, powers up and starts talking. You deal with real people [or very good copies] and you won't get your phone until the end of next week? How come? Perhaps that means they haven't got any phones and have to wait until Qualcomm delivers some more. Maybe it is a wild sellout of phones and the $1.69 plus $30 per month with $1500 handset is the correct retail price after all - it must be because they have had all the warnings in the world and hot shot marketers should be shot if they get that figure wrong after Iridium and all the terrestrial minute plans have been considered for price elasticity compared with functionality, size and coverage. Heck, maybe this is going to be a successful company. That's two phones we know have been sold. I bet those 4 years you've been waiting suddenly seem not many. You lucky guy to get the phone right at the start of 2000. That's a fitting celebration. No more sleeps to Y2K [here in Kiwiland, where the yacht racing will be fast today in windy, cloudy conditions and unless it clears up, there is NOT going to be a sunrise tomorrow]. 16 hours from now, the clocks are going to click over to 00 and the puters here are going to crash or just keep on humming. The Nasdaq seems unworried. Maybe Globalstar phones are selling like mad to beat the Y2K blues [corporate backup]. Good wishes for the New Year folks. May your satellites fly long and happy. GoG*Go Maurice

To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (9004)	12/30/1999 3:52:00 PM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Jim, Was the handset $1500? Cooters

To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (9004)	12/31/1999 2:01:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Jim - based on reading your post, I too "got going." My G* handset will arrive on Wednesday ! Since I live in Florida, I dealt with these guys : gmpcs-us.com The handset cost $1495. Service plan -- one time $50 activation charge. $29.99 a month for zero minutes. $1.69 for minutes. I am getting voicemail for $9.99 per month (and : yes -- to listen to a voicemail costs $1.69 per minute, they told me. But - if my big old antenna is not "up" all the time, I figure voicemail is required). I am also getting "small message service" ($9.99 per month. 10 characters maximum, numerals only, to be sent from telephones only, I believe). They told me text messaging is coming later. Jon.