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To: Michaelth1 who wrote (16081)	8/22/2000 10:00:07 PM
From: A.L. Reagan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

My concern is not that the SPs don't value G, it's that the SPs value other things.* Mine too. There is a huge effort with small revenue rewards involved in pioneering new vertical markets as opposed to expanding their familiar mass horizontal markets. We can see slowly being created a many-tiered distribution system which in some instances looks like: G* > SP > Master Distributor > Distributor > Dealer. All these guys need margin $$ on the available sales revenues to keep their lights on. Wondering whether the distribution network in reality maybe moves like an elephant, but packs the wallop of a mouse. It is looking unwieldy (and certainly inconsistent) already. I agree with you that the SP's do "value" G, and that it's a pretty safe bet that when the time comes, at least for the next round, most of the GLP partners will chip in. For all the ex post facto* moaning about how awful it was for G* that IRID tanked, I'm still pissed Bernie didn't have the vision to 100% subsidize handsets (rebate program)to Iridium users who signed 150+ monthly MOU (minimum one-year contracts with the SP's), and sliding scale rebates for lesser plans. Instead he let that golden opportunity to really sieze the day pass, and now he bitches and moans about the Iridium effect, which has cost G* far, far more. I'd like to see somebody on this thread set forth the case that the marketing and distribution strategy can really be executed as required by G*'s business plan. Haven't seen empirical evidence yet. While I'm glad (as a LOR holder) that the higher level contacts at VOD (Airtouch) that Gregg P. talks to are at least giving lip service to trying, where's the beef?