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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (17609)	10/4/2000 9:00:21 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

fmp.magic-moments.com That coverage map from Vodafone, which I heard Chris Gent is in charge of, shows how little interest Vodafone has in Globalstar. Today I noticed part of the problem. BP Oil used to talk in tonnes or thousands of tons. Their thinking was head office centric. Their thinking started at the company HQ and worked its way out, ending at the customer with little effect. The customer seems very distant and somewhat inconsequential to people with big salaries, budgets of billions and millions of minutes, thousands of tonnes and squillions of erlangs. Oil customers think in litres, not tonnes [not power stations Caxton]. I have noticed in the past that Irwin Jacobs always seems to start his thinking from the customer's point of view. You'll often notice that questions from interviewers quickly end up with Irwin talking about subscribers and so on. He has got that right and it is innate - he recognizes where value comes from. Try to find a customer on that coverage map! A customer looking at that coverage map wouldn't have a clue whether they are in or out of a coverage zone. A customer can't see whether they have coverage in Denmark or not without a magnifying glass. Does coverage extend into the Mediterranean Sea? Impossible to tell whether the coverage stops when you go out on a paddle boat on the coast at Le Lavendou or whether you have to land in Libya before you lose coverage. How about Paros? Is that covered? Cyprus? All parts of Cyprus? What about just off the coast of Ireland - exactly how many kilometres into the ocean is that line drawn? 200 Nautical miles is further out than they've drawn the lines. Has there really been no change since 1 July 2000 in what Vodafone UK offers? That's quarter of a year ago. Somebody who buys a Telit phone for their boat then sails to the Caribbean will lose coverage not far from Gibraltar. Yet GlobalstarUSA covers that area. Vodafone has got Big Oil disease. Their thinking is corporate, not customer. Chris Gent is interested in takeovers of Mannsmann and the like, not selling MOU via Globalstar. His staff don't seem to care much either [in UK and Australia anyway]. That's my theory anyway. Subscribers should be able to zoom right into the map and see EXACTLY where coverage is available. It should be updated daily. It should have THIS MAP IS CURRENT TO TODAY written across it. Mqurice

To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (17609)	10/4/2000 9:24:19 PM
From: rhkohnen	Respond to of 29987

Emsat is charging $1.20-$2.00 and AceS is around $1.00 per min. RS: Got these from the site you posted. Because of the low call costs the Emsat system has proved popular with a variety of users including; Specialist road haulage contractors, Professional Fishing Vessels, Shipping Fleets, and Private Vessels. Typical per minute charges are US$1.20 - $2.00 ACeS - an introduction International calls via satellite will be in the region of US $1.00 per minute, with GSM calls being charged as conventional roaming when in different countries both within and outside of the footprint of coverage. Best Regards Bob