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Technology Stocks : Leap Wireless International (LWIN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tensforme who wrote (774)	1/7/2000 10:52:00 AM
From: duncan moyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2737

Tens, re your $10/month wireline charges. Don't forget the taxes and surcharges which total 4.28 on my last bill. There also are long-distance fixed charges which on my bill is 1.17, plus an additional 2.50 listed as UNIV SVC FD and PICC Charge. These extra charges total $8.00 for me in NorCal. I have no idea which of these charges are applicable for Cricket. Difference is $12/month or thereabouts.

To: tensforme who wrote (774)	1/7/2000 12:55:00 PM
From: Michael	Respond to of 2737

My LWIN friend Charlie, During shareholders meeting, Harvey White was asked about the size of the local calling area. HW said local calling area(in Chattanooga) was similar to local calling area of wired phone local calling area. If this model is applied in other areas, then it is unlikely to cover all of Orange County, CA. >Questions: has service in Australia begun? LWIN sold this asset >What cities in Chile has service been started? "our Chilean operation did not re-launch as SMARTCOM PCS until late in November" Chile is a relauch rather than starting from scratch, not exactly sure about what Chilean details are, but I believe a few major cities contain the great majority of Chile's population. >Do I have to purchase an expensive Qualcomm phone? I am sure customers are given options other than purchasing an expensive QCOM phone >Would it be feasible to give phones out free as loss leaders? According to LWIN management it's goals are to be low cost operator. Loss leaders tend not to fit into this model, but I am sure if it is shown to help to ramp up subscriber numbers very quickly, then LWIN management will do it. IMHO sure is a nice day Michael