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Technology Stocks : Winstar Comm. (WCII) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SteveG who wrote (9794)	12/23/1998 5:21:00 AM
From: mrc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

Just received this month's copy of Personal Finance. Stephen Leeb recommends telecommunication companies that have the strongest staying power on the way to the information highway. He calls WCII the leading CLEC. Winstar-buy under 36 Century Telephone Alltel TCA Cable ICG Comm Citizens Utilities Takeover Companies Cable & Wireless GTE Corp Qwest Comm. Media One Group Regards, mrc

To: SteveG who wrote (9794)	12/23/1998 6:47:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12468

Last of a Series of OTs (?) Thanks for the references, Steve. There are numerous points I omitted yesterday for brevity's sake. PM'ing you some of them would be a better idea, I think, in order to give the board a break. An important point I should mention here, however, is that most OSSes are now WAN'ed, especially those having to do with database exchanges, e.g.,800 look-ups and local number portability, E-911, etc., in addition to the entire suite of SS7/AINs. And competition has fostered a new interconnected OSS framework as well, known as Electronic Bonding, which is an EDI variant that incumbents must now use to share their subscriber billing and other account data with competitors. And lots more that are fashioned around what the CLECs call "hot links" to competing engineering and assignment databases. Lest I permit your point about OSSes not being networked slip by. [g] Steve, and All, Have a Healthy, Happy Holiday Season, and a Prosperous 1999 Frank A. Coluccio