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To: p friend who wrote (5148)	3/14/1998 7:15:00 PM
From: Tavros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

P friend, This is great information. I (and I bet the rest of the NXTL board) greatly appreciate it. If you have the time, can you please elaborate how the LMDS spectrum acquisition would fit in NXTL's strategy (apart from the fact that they are acquiring spectrum at a good price - real estate), given that the frequencies it operates are different than that of LMDS. Are there any economies of scale anywhere (except the word "wireless"?), or are we looking at another major spending spree to layout the necessary tower infrastructure (Al will have a fit if NXTL has another borrowing spree)? Some of the existing tower infrastructure, i bet, will be utilized, but we must be looking at some new investment spending here. I would appreciate your thoughts (or anyone else's) in this regard. Thankfull Tavros

To: p friend who wrote (5148)	3/14/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Arnie Doolittle	Respond to of 10227

P friend, thank you for your response. Sorry to be a pest but there's still a missing piece in the NYC situation. According to the official FCC auction records, both the A and B New York bands have 9.5 million pops. Where did you get your information that the B band covers the entire NYC area? Could someone else have been grandfathered in for the B band in the 5 burroughs? Arnie P.S. I found this post to you on another board but based on the pops data from the FCC, I question whether the info is correct. "To: p friend (1420 ) From: Karl Schwarszchild Friday, Mar 6 1998 1:47PM EST Reply # of 1531 PF - Your question refers to a point which merits clarification from time to time. Bidding for what is referred to as the "New York" (B321) A block license actually pertains to A block frequencies in suburban New Jersey and Long Island given that A block frequencies in NYC and some adjacent New York counties are already assigned to Cellularvision, whereas the "New York" B block license really does encompass B block frequencies in NYC, as well as the remote, outlying, suburban areas. In short, the New York (B321) A block license should be renamed the Suburban New Jersey/Long Island A block license..."