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To: Stoctrash who wrote (39810)	4/14/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Compaq & Hughes To Offer DirecPC Bundle April 14, 1999: 12:28 a.m. ET HOUSTON, TEXAS, U.S.A. (NB) -- By Grant Buckler, Newsbytes. Compaq Computer Corp. [NYSE:CPQ] and Hughes Network Systems [NYSE:GMH] have announced a bundle that combines Compaq's Presario Internet PCs with Hughes' DirectPC satellite Internet access service. Starting in mid-May, the two companies will offer a Presario Internet PC with a DirectPC package that includes a data-only satellite antenna and Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection for prices starting at $1,899. The bundles will be available through the company's World Wide Web site at compaq.com , through a toll-free number, and through Compaq's "Built for You" kiosks in retail stores. The deal with Hughes fills in the third part of Compaq's Triple Play strategy to provide high-speed Internet access with the Presario PCs. Frederick Van Oldenburg, manager of broadband strategy at Compaq, told Newsbytes that the PC vendor believes narrowband Internet access is "just a short-term solution for everybody." So it has set out to support broadband access through cable modems, digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, and satellite connections. Compaq already has relationships with AtHome and RoadRunner, the two major cable-modem service providers, and with several telephone companies that offer DSL connections. Hughes DirecPC uses a satellite downlink to provide download speeds of 400 kilobits per second (Kbps) from the Internet, with the uplink connection operating over ordinary telephone lines at conventional modem speeds. Fritz Stolzenbach, marketing manager for DirecPC, told Newsbytes that the company has sold slightly more than 100,000 of its DirecPC connection packages worldwide. On its own, the DirecPC package sells for $349, with a $100 rebate currently available to customers who sign up for the service for a minimum of 12 months. Customers can install the DirecPC equipment themselves or have a professional installer do it, officials said. DirecPC will work with Compaq's home phone-line networking technology, so that multiple users can share a single high-speed Internet connection.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (39810)	4/14/1999 3:38:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Read it again Fred, Tom L. did get a bonus. Also he made more salary last year than Alex ($233k vs $216k). But Alex got a bigger bonus ($294k vs $143k). Also Alex got 200k option grants at a price of $18.56 and Tom got 125k at 16.875 and 75k at $18.56.