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To: Mike V. who wrote (3750)	12/16/1997 9:02:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Dear Mike: Why did you wait so long to get a NXTL phone? Curious- was it their inability to get the message out or what? JF Dowd

To: Mike V. who wrote (3750)	12/16/1997 11:30:00 PM
From: John K. Pollard Jr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Rick agrees totally. A Nextel-user in construction, he wouldn't be without it. On his last visit to Palm Springs, he observed the GTE construction crew were all using NEXTEL phones !! Rick would post this himself but SI now wants $125 if you want to post! $200 next year. I suppose we're grandfathered in. This seems like de facto censorship to me. Rick has a lot to say but until he kicks in his $125, he is stuck on lurking. John from Del Mar

To: Mike V. who wrote (3750)	12/17/1997 2:37:00 PM
From: P.T.Burnem	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10227

Businesses and consumers buy FEATURES, BECAUSE FEATURES PROVIDE BENIFITS. Sure, but the max number of subscribers (read: revenues) is capped by Nextel's (relatively) outdated technology and narrow frequency band. On the other hand, Nextel's capital expenditures and maintenance costs are either fixed (backoffice operations) or driven by the area of coverage (cellular towers, tranceivers). Fewer customers and fixed costs make Nextel a high cost producer - a bad omen in a highly competitive digital cellular market. Technology may or may not matter for Nextel's subscribers, BUT IT DOES MATTER TO NEXTEL'S SHAREHOLDERS. PTB