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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (9796)	12/23/1998 11:32:00 AM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

[McLeodUSA Rating Upgraded By Lehman Brothers To 'Buy'] NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Lehman Brothers Inc. analyst Blake Bath upgraded shares of McLeodUSA Inc. (MCLD) to "buy" from "outperform" and set a 12-month price target of $38, a source at the firm said. Additional information was not immediately available. McLeodUSA shares closed Tuesday at $28.75.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (9796)	12/23/1998 1:02:00 PM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 12468

[OT] <..An important point I should mention here, however, is that most OSSes are now WAN'ed,..> Hi Frank- From all sources that I have, this is incorrect. Check with some of the OSS companies (from the research report I mailed you earlier this year) like Saville or Applied Digital. You will find that OSSes almost always are single server based (for an entire telco), and at most (and only rarely) have some remote password access. OSS servers are NOT networked - they have no need to be. <..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...> These functions aren't part of OSS - operation support systems. Check out page 4 of the H&Q research report "Under the Hood: Telecommunications Operating Support Systems (OSS)" I sent you. These are telco switch functions. Tangentially related, check out: "BRIDGING THE IP/PSTN GAP" americasnetwork.com Regards- Steve PS. Is anyone else is following this, or should we "can it" here?