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To: Rob Prickett who wrote (6032)	5/9/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: Al Gutkin	Respond to of 10227

Rob: The mission is simple, provide wireless communication coverage throughout the US. We agree that this is becoming the age of wireless communication, so, what do we want. We want to travel anywhere in the country (world) and be able to communicate, send and receive digital information, access the internet, and do all the cheapest of possible with the least amount of inconvenience. Right now, it is not possible, except by sat phone. Take normal cellular: There are flat spots, systems that are not compatible, systems that don't have mutual agreements. We can't communicate from anywhere at anytime and it's frustrating. Take Nextel: They have the capability but short of time, manpower, cash, quality control. Is time running out? I also believe that Nextel's method of wireless transmission may be easily exposed to atmospheric disruption. To transgress the country, never mind the world, many many many antennas must be constructed. Again, is time running out? Is Nextel considered to be a serious company? Ask the satisfied users, they say, "yes." Ask other parts of society, business and personal, and they say "how do we know, we are bombarded with sales info daily, we're confused." Ask the investment community, they don't say. That's the problem. We are investors, our investments need investment publicity in order to attract attention. For the geezers that watch CNBC, when Nextel was made part of the S&P 500, the television and news media sources said very little. Actually, CNBC acted like they didn't even know what Nextel was. The anchor people read the quip quicky, shrugged their shoulders, moved on. The Nextel goal is still long term, what can happen in between? Since some of us may not be alive when the Nextel worldwide network is finished, I guess we say "we are looking for more short term success" To further prove my point, SI doesn't even know the word Nextel, if you notice is shows up as a spelling error.<VBG> Regards from Al G., trying to outdo Fred and win the long post award.