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To: David Klein who wrote (2586)	6/12/1998 10:14:00 AM
From: MGV	Respond to of 11568

David, The immediate response to your questions is: (1) MCI's marketing prowess; (2) brand name; (3) its int'l business; (4) SHL Systemhouse (spelling) ..... These are the first to come to mind. The first two should not be underestimated. As regards the sale of internet business, the deal should be an NPV neutral transaction ... ie MCI should get fair value based on estimates of discounted future cash flows. In that case, $1.1B would be way low. I will be interested to see if key MCI internet executives leave with the business. For instance, Vinton Cerf, the man referred to as the "father of the internet?" - Mark