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To: Gene W who wrote (202)	7/25/2001 3:20:25 PM
From: joarel	Respond to of 216

SBC Communications Profits Rise SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jul 25, 2001 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- SBC Communications Inc. said Wednesday that second-quarter profits rose 11.9 percent, beating Wall Street expectations with help from growth in wireless, long-distance and data services. The onetime Bell System phone company said it earned $2.07 billion, or 61 cents per share, in the April-June period, up from $1.85 billion, or 54 cents per share, a year ago. That topped the expectation of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call, who had a consensus estimate of 57 cents per share. In morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, SBC shares rose 3.1 percent, or $1.27 a share, to $42.07. Revenue rose 3 percent to $13.59 billion from $13.19 billion, including SBC's 60 percent share of the Cingular wireless phone joint venture with BellSouth Corp. SBC said it remains "cautious about the rest of the year, especially because of uncertainty about the U.S. economy. SBC said it expects modest revenue growth and continues to estimate full-year operating earnings in the range of $2.35 to $2.40 per share. The San Antonio-based company said revenue from data services rose 28 percent to $2.2 billion, Cingular's customer count grew about 3 percent and long-distance customers jumped 27 percent over the first quarter. In the first six months of the year, SBC earned $3.9 billion, or $1.15 a share, up from $3.7 billion, or $1.07 a share, a year ago. Revenue was $26.73 billion, up from $25.75 billion a year ago.

To: Gene W who wrote (202)	10/14/2002 11:37:03 PM
From: Jesica Dawnet	Respond to of 216

Buddy, you don't know what you are posting. SBC and fiber to homes ..... huh .... that is a laugh. Plus, your link didn't even go anywhere. Existing homes will never see that, and only new homes will see fiber (if even that). It has nothing to do with SBC. Those new homes need to have the fiber conduits already trenched, ready, and available for usage. This means any company can put fiber to those new homes. Plus a fiber backbone needs to be close enough, and even in that case, as usual, there are half a dozen telecoms that shared the cost for putting the conduits and fiber near by. This means any of those half a dozen telecoms can provide it, or any of the 7000 other ISPs can sell the fiber through one of those providers at even a lower cost than SBC.