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To: Noneyet who wrote (26595)	2/1/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: Darrel Orpen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41046

Thomas, You said you "have some work to accomplish today, so that my company ( not a competitor of Ftel's by the way ) can remain profitable and I can answer to my shareholders responsibly..." What do you say to your shareholders when they ask you why you spend so much of your time 'studying' and nonsensically spouting irrelevant and misrepresentative information about a company (FTEL) you have no investment in? If I was a shareholder of your company, I'd be voting in a board of directors that would give you strict instructions to, as you said above, increase the company's profits instead of wasting your's and the company's time by being on this thread. Doesn't appear you're living up to your fiduciary responsibilities to your shareholders. Darrel Orpen

To: Noneyet who wrote (26595)	2/1/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: topwright	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41046

Tommy, Here is a direct excerpt from the post you referenced: Just those three could be worth in excess of three million dollars, not a bad start for a quarter, projected out that would be $12 mill annual, KEYWORDS - COULD BE Caw Caw Caw How many times since the date of that post has FTEL exceeded my prediction of a share price of $7? Caw Caw Caw RB BTW the price of the stock on that date (Nov 11, 1996) was 1.56 answer: twice on 1/08/98 and also when it ran to $10.50 and traded above $7 for several weeks in Oct of 1997. And I feel it reasonably safe to say that you may see it happen again real soon. Enjoy your Sunday, the Superbowl game should be a real doozie.

To: Noneyet who wrote (26595)	2/1/1998 11:47:00 AM
From: VALUESPEC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41046

Wow ! Thomas, great sleuthing. Raleigh certainly thought $ 12 million was likely in 1997, didn't he? His predictions seem about as good as Frank's from FTEL, IMO. They both seem to provide high expectations for sales, and yet reality ends up being disappointing, IMO. Raliegh's denial in having made a concrete prediction: Message 3259848 Raleigh prediction as pointed out by Thomas Sousa: << If Franklin just captures 1% of the market share in communications/Intenet, that $20 mill can be made, many times over. I really look forward to getting the audit released, and then start with a clean slate going forward. Of course we have to make three slashes for Revco, Raytheon, and USRX. Just those three could be worth in excess of three million dollars, not a bad start for a quarter, projected out that would be $12 mill annual, so you can see it wouldn't take to many more customers to hit that $20 mill target. No hype, just a realistic forecast for 1997. RB>> The link: Message 439269 RB, in your 1997 estimate, you said capturing 1% of the market was very possible and that would equate into $ 20 mil in reves. Obviously FTEL was not even close to capturing 1% since they only had $ 1.7 mil in sales (and only about $ 250,000 each in the Sept 97 and Dec 97 quarters). If it WAS so obtainable, what happned? Where did FTEL fail? Raleigh's EPS guesstimate: techstocks.com What the President of FTEL said about 1997 growth on Jan 1997: << However, once again FNet is caught up in a whirlwind of growth which far outstrips our forecasts . . . >> Link to that message: valuespec.com VALUESPEC valuespec.com