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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CommSatMan who wrote (4135)	4/24/1999 10:05:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

For now, all we have is the company line. I have to trust in that since I have no other reliable source. I know the number of circuits available in the sats and gateways, and they are ample enough to make money. They make money at half or even a quarter of max capacity. That is the margin of safety I need. All the factors are supposedly factred in to come up with the 12 billion number. We can only speculate on the actual numbers, and nobody here can come to a conclusion that is more factual than the "company line." Sad, but true. Iridium is actually taking gateways out of the system at this time, further cutting their capacity. Just another bad move on their part. More gateways=more circuits=more billable minutes.

To: CommSatMan who wrote (4135)	4/24/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

CommSatMan, If I invested QCOM 4 years ago with all the sure things in mind, Q would have gone to $190 then instead of now. May be you and Andmoreagain should invest in T or IBM instead of G* with all the uncertainty in mind. Remember G* is a developing company with high risk and high return. Either you trust the company and its plan or leave it alone. No problem with your questions. Just do not understand your logic to pursue all these questions that even Mr. Schwartz can not give you a direct answer. Even yourself can not answer it. From G* 10K report, see if this will answer your questions, GLOBALSTAR SYSTEM CAPACITY The estimated capacity of the Globalstar System is anticipated to be in the range of approximately 800 million to 1 billion call minutes per month assuming equal fixed and mobile usage. However, Globalstar's total effective system capacity will depend on a number of variables. The number of call minutes per month the system can support will depend primarily on (i) the total bandwidth available to CDMA MSS systems, (ii) the number of systems sharing that bandwidth, (iii) the total number of subscribers, (iv) the type of Globalstar Phones (fixed or mobile) used and (v) the level of average system availability required. Capacity will also depend upon a number of other variables, including (a) the peak hour system utilization pattern, (b) average call length and (c) the distribution of Globalstar Phones in use over the surface of the Earth. Best, Brian H.