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To: moat who wrote (9323)	1/6/2000 12:40:00 PM
From: P. Ramamoorthy	Respond to of 29987

Price is a concern for consumers. For businesses, price is just the cost of doing business. That was my point. For AT&T, a small town called Tiruppur in South India has been the high priority target market in India for decades. Reason: business calls. Ram

To: moat who wrote (9323)	1/6/2000 12:46:00 PM
From: Veiko Herne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Re: So why doesn't Iridium have more than 50,000 subs today (current pricing apprx same as Globalstar)? When I decided to get SAT phone, I looked both (Iridium and G). Iridium was available and G expected at 4Q 1999. Prices was then same. Iridium problems was not reliable connections (There has been several negative comments using I* in citys and jungles. Even I new management announced, that this phone works best in arctic and top of Mount Everest). Second I* problem was also a issues to continue the service. Do I take the risk and buy $1500 phone, when there is risk, that I can't use it. Of course, if G* can't deliver me a phone and I* will be out of current state, I can change my decision. Veiko

To: moat who wrote (9323)	1/6/2000 9:36:00 PM
From: ccryder	Respond to of 29987

<<So why doesn't Iridium have more than 50,000 subs today (current pricing apprx same as Globalstar)?>> How about bankruptcy? How about lack of quality? How about who is going to keep the constellation and service going? Would you buy a $700 phone if you knew the only reason Motorola is keeping the system alive until Feb is the hopes that McCaw will buy it?

To: moat who wrote (9323)	1/9/2000 6:22:00 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Re : Lower the price per minute and I'll buy GSTRF back. A little "refresher" memo on how the world works ... The reason that GSTRF is trading around $30 or $40 right now is (partly) BECAUSE the handsets cost $1500 and the minutes are priced at roughly $1.50. IF ... GSTRF (or the service providers) announce tomorrow morning that they are reducing the retail price of the handset to $300, and the minutes to 65 cents, guess what that would do to the price of GSTRF shares ? And furthermore ... given past experiences with watching prices of both high-tech "gizmos" and high-tech gizmo usage charges endlessly fall in price, will anyone (except the short sellers of G*) really be surprised if and when some prices are reduced ? Jon.