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Technology Stocks : Winstar Comm. (WCII) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Roader who wrote (2608)	10/27/1997 9:17:00 AM
From: TheSlowLane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

Better not to offer the service at all. Wonder what changed the thinking on this as the trend until now seems to have been movement away from the residential market. Bill S. - I agree on your take for CSNET. Sounds like you looked at their web page. The press release doesn't say how much it cost but it couldn't have been much. CSNet does have a small footprint now, but hooking up with a national organization like WinStar could get them bigger much faster. This does seem to be a relatively small piece of the puzzle, at this time at least.

To: Roader who wrote (2608)	10/27/1997 11:25:00 AM
From: David Krafcsik	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12468

You said : "Did anyone see the WCII ad on the world series last night? Call 1 888 winstar to sign up. So I did. I was suprised to find out that there is only one plan for residential users. The plan is .145 cents per minute for any call local or long distance at any time. Extremely uncompetitive. I was a bit disappointed. I know the residential market is not wcii's primary focus but .145 for a local call is ridiculous. While I continue to own the stock I do not subscribe to the service. A major violation of one of my investing principles. " I assumed you actually meant 14.5 cents per minute. Could they possibly be charging that much for a local call? Pay phones cost less.....