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To: Frederick Smart who wrote (5694)	4/16/1998 1:01:00 AM
From: Erik H. East	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

I ask you, IS NXTL NUMERO UNO? 1. In digital celular units in service in the US, 2. Unit growth rates, 3. Average revenue per unit, and 4. Rate of revenue growth? And the only truly differentiated cell service.

To: Frederick Smart who wrote (5694)	4/16/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: Al Gutkin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

The hell with the phones..ELECT FRED SMART.. He may be the only Smart one there. Fred: Nextel has recently put out some full page advertising in the local paper, to say it bluntly, the ads stunk, stunk real bad, missed the whole point of the company. The ads left out the most important reasons for signing up, didn't say anything about direct connect, business usage, or usefullness of the system. The ad merely offered prizes for signing up. Since when are prizes offered to businesses? The stock should have dropped 10 points on the lousy, meaningless ads alone. Nextel needs more motivation in their advertising. Now, if you were in the Nextel PR department, I'd be on the train to financial success with Nextel. You have a way with words. (some would say, put the boots on when Fred speaks, but not me.) Mostly, Fred, you know what to emphasize about the company, that is important<VBG> I say again: "Fred Smart for office." We have had enough of dummies in office, even more dummies running big corporations. It's about time we had a Smart one in office. How's that Fred? Now don't forget to show up to give your acceptance speech.<VBG> Al G., a Fred Smart supporter who always carries Ginkana pills.(screw spell checkers)

To: Frederick Smart who wrote (5694)	4/16/1998 8:58:00 AM
From: Rob Prickett	Respond to of 10227

Frederick, I always enjoy your input and perspectives. Thank-you. I agree with your Nextel = "Next Telephone". I posted that about six months ago. Also, one very important point that you made is about McCaw's vision: he is quoted in a special insert to the Washington Post called "The Wireless World" (last year) that he wants to bring telecommunications to the masses. He sees an unwired WORLD, with the masses communicating, having access to data, etc. Easy to conjecture how Nextel, Teledesic, NextBand, (and Smart Bandwidth?? :) ) could play into this. I'd was going to say "Keep the Faith", but to see what's happening with Nextel doesn't even require that. Rob

To: Frederick Smart who wrote (5694)	4/16/1998 11:38:00 AM
From: Arnie Doolittle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10227

"People will go bananas over Nextel's dispatch feature." It's no mystery why DC is succeeding - it's addictive primarily because you get the person immediately. No muss, no fuss. Push a button and they hear your voice so you have instant communication plus call screening in one quick step. Frankly, I wouldn't want to go back to the old "dial a number" routine for frequent callers. And I believe that's the holding power of the entire NXTL system. Sure, there are other nice features but they're the icing on the cake. You can get hip and talk about zapping as if it were some new age phenomena but reality is that busy people don't like to waste time. It's on the to-do list? Do it now and move on. DC provides the means. "I hear the average existing analog cellular bills in Mexico and Brazil is much higher than here in the US." $88 arpu has been mentioned for Brazil. Arnie