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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3372)	3/12/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: Drew Williams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

My two cents on this has always been that there will be a huge demand for Globalstar, assuming decent marketing, in the so-called developed nations precisely because of the Swiss cheese nature of the cellular / PCS systems. As a former road warrior (not in the Mel Gibson sense) who used to commute between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (about a four hour drive) I know that if I were to be doing that again, I would have a GlobalStar phone in the car whatever the price was. It would be part of the cost of doing business. By the way, how much is a NZ$in US$?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3372)	3/13/1999 2:11:00 AM
From: Oliver Schonrock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Maurice I have double checked I was out by 10c. I am on Advantage VI with $300/month and 700 free minutes and additional minutes @ 30c/min. Sorry. But the point remains. Actually given my own argument maybe corporate users are not the likely target market of G* in developed (coverage and pricing wise) countries like NZ. I determine who gets what phone and what service plan in my company and I wouldn't pay the extra for a G* for what my people do. Reason, if they can't use the "busines" phone on the other side of "Great Barrier Island" or on the golf course at Waitakere then I don't care. In fact they would just pump up our cell-phone costs while using it on the weekend in obscure locations for personal calls. This is good news (!) for G* shareholders because as you said the personal plan rates are much higher and the discrepancy to G* will be much less. Therefore the people who always want to be in touch with freinds and business partners but pay their own cell-bill will be well served with a G* phone. Still I am not excited about G* market in NZ. But Bernie knows that! Has he even scheduled a Gateway for us? Oliver