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To: Dale Baker who wrote (5441)	2/2/2001 11:55:48 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5853

The US government rarely steps in I wonder if another country might want Globalstar. It could provide a national phone system and pick up a few dollars selling time to the rest of the world. TP

To: Dale Baker who wrote (5441)	2/2/2001 12:08:38 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5853

The military is interested in battlefield communications. Unless all deserts of Irak come in Internet ready, the military will need to resort to satellite communications.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (5441)	2/2/2001 11:19:28 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5853

"The US government rarely steps in and takes over a large commercial system." True. But the reverse isn't always true. When they put together a network makeshift-like for a specific purpose, such as a satellite network they pieced together for delivery of phone links to Yugoslavia for Armed Services and Emergency Services personnel during the "police action," they will auction it off when they are done with it. As they did in the latter case, when they sold it for a song, despite the fact that its network elements were nowhere near meeting Y2K criteria. Ouch.