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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (136625)	1/4/2002 9:17:44 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Your raw speed was 1183984.71 bits per second. PacBell DSL, about 7,000 feet from Central Office. That is really good. How did they get it to work at all past 6,000 ft. My one store in the Meadville market is 6,200 feet and Alltel says ADSL can't be done that far. They pulling my leg?

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (136625)	1/4/2002 9:22:41 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Management's comments were excuses for poor execution in my opinion. "Service Merchandise lost $180 million in 2000. As of November, it had liabilities totaling $1.34 billion and assets of $1 billion." interactive.wsj.com ""Given the extraordinarily poor retail economy this past year, especially for jewelry retailers, our company's prospects for successfully reorganizing were compromised to the point that we and our creditors consensually concluded that winding down the business and distributing the substantial value of our inventory, real estate and other assets to our creditors was in their best interest," Chairman and Chief Executive Sam Cusano said.""