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To: george eberting who wrote (3156)	3/1/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: James Harold Alton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19331

George, Excuse me for butting in here, but I don't see the relevance. This appears to be an agreement to lay a cable that does not even exist at present. I don't know how long it takes to get all of the permits, have the cable built, laid and hooked up but I would think that Joe will probably have DCI sold by then. If not, then with deregulation and assuming we wanted access to the new cable, I don't see how we could be excluded. Just my thoughts. James

To: george eberting who wrote (3156)	3/1/1998 8:17:00 PM
From: Grupo Brad	Respond to of 19331

Yo George, Geezz--- you do have a lot of good questions---most of them very legitimate, and I do respect that on this thread. I am now awaiting the latest NOBI listing to see where you are really coming from. I have a hunch you are very pro-DCTC---but I reserve the right to read the NOBI. Rock n' Roll will prevail. Brad

To: george eberting who wrote (3156)	3/1/1998 8:24:00 PM
From: Mr. Cellophane Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19331

George, Just a couple of comments/questions. (1) With an anticipated construction cost of $375M, I expect it would cost a pretty penny to join the consortium, even assuming the big guys (AT&T, MCI WorldCom, & Sprint) are paying the lion's share. I wonder if WorldPass has done a cost tradeoff based on the cost of consortium membership and the following issues. (2) If WorldPass or others aren't original members of the consortium, I wonder if they'll be locked out of usage? (3) Assuming consortium non-members can gain access, I wonder what the pricing model will look like? (4) Assuming consortium non-members can't gain access, I wonder how the pricing of using Americas I will compare to that of Americas II? (5) Is the WorldPass acquisition cost justifiable based on switching only North American traffic? I agree these are serious considerations and should be taken into account in any decisions re: WorldPass. Dan

To: george eberting who wrote (3156)	3/1/1998 9:58:00 PM
From: Bruce Galpeer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19331

george, You are looking at this the wrong way. Question, does DCI own the satellite systems in the sky or the cable under the sea to Europe? No they do not, they buy time as they need to, to fulfill there transmission needs. Just because a big consortium is going to lay a new cable south of the border, this has no bearing on DCI directly. I would assume that this space would be open to buy blocks of time on just like the satellite system or the European cable. Even if that is not so then the current systems in place would probably lose customers to the new cable opening up more and cheaper space on existing systems. Also, DataWave has nothing to do with this conversation. That is strictly a Canadian venture. I would have to assume that you are actually talking about WorldPass, SA is only a piece of that pie not the whole thing. LONG AND STRONG!!! GO DCTC!!!! Bruce