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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (8092)	8/20/2000 10:04:09 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 12823

Hi Kenneth, who do you think will provide the infrastructure for T's fixed wireless broadband? The eCompany referenced upstream states that T is doing it in house today. Down the line, the most likely candidate would be LuLU with NT a second possibility. I doubt we'd see it migrate a lot further than that and if it did, it'd most likely go to a Solectron type of OEM shop, inasmuch as T has the system fully spec'd. All, IMHO. HTH, Ray

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (8092)	8/21/2000 12:58:31 AM
From: Bernard Levy	Respond to of 12823

Re T's infrastructure needs for Project Angel was discussed some time back on the BBFW thread. It seems the architecture involves PCS frequencies for local transmission, but perhaps 38Ghz for backhaul (T acquired a lot of 38Ghz licenses when it bought Teleport). STXN (nee DMIC) might be a good candidate for the backhaul equipment. The CPE equipment appears custom specified and will need to be designed by bidders for the T contract.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (8092)	8/21/2000 4:06:06 AM
From: lml	Respond to of 12823

Ken: As Ray and the article stated, T will be providing its own infrastructure. In-fact, about a year or so ago, an associate of mine involved in field construction informed me that his brother, a plant manager in a manufacturing facility, was responsible for a major contract rec'd from AT&T, and involved the manufacture of certain equipment that would be used atop residential dwellings. I couldn't figure out more from what he said, as he knew little himself, other that the contract was the largest his brother's company had ever received. I don't know what truth may be behind my associates comments, but if anything, it could represent further evidence of AT&T's intent to contract its own infrastructure work rather than sub it out to one of many suppliers in the telecom industry. If anything, keeping it "in the family" is one way of keeping "a lid on" its fixed wireless effort. FWIW.