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I fear it will mostly consist of lots and lots of duct tape. Justin On Fri, 23 May 2003, Alexandra Kubis wrote: > This was burried on CNN: > > http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/22/news/companies/worldcom_probe.reut/index.htm > > ... How WorldCom....err.. MCI plans to fix a ~12$ billion dollar hole with a > 45$ million plug is beyond me. > > -AK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Mike Tancsa" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: NPR morning news apparently just reported... > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 23 May 2003 [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A government contract handed out not on technical merit, but for back > room > > > > political reasons ? Shocking! > > > > > > > > ---Mike > > > > > > > > At 01:33 PM 23/05/2003 -0700, Bill Woodcock wrote: > > > > > > > > > > According to this article, yes they were involved with > > > > > > AWCC: > > > > > > http://www.afghanwireless.com/news_6apr.html > > > > > > > > > >Ouch. If they were responsible for AWCC, that would hardly seem to > be a > > > > >basis for awarding them another similar contract. > > > > > > The funny this is at the state agencies I've worked for we were > *required* > > > to go through a bidding procedure prior to getting final approval for a > > > purchase. Unless we had an established relationship with a given > company > > > for similar products or services we had to follow the procedures. I > > > wouldn't at all be surprised to hear that sometime in the very near > future > > > a lawsuit was filed by various other telcos to try and get a piece of > the > > > pie or get the administration to be fair towards other telcos. Who says > > > it has to be a US telco? Why can't it be a UK telco? > > > > please note I'm not a business guy, nor do I know anything directly about > > this case... BUT, perhaps the contract was awarded on/with the FTS200X > > contract? (its 2002 now I believe that WCOM/MCI is the prime on... or > > atleast heavily related too) That would mean the gov't had a vehicle to > > just create a task order to make the network buildout happen... As to 'why > > a us company', perhaps its being done under the auspices of: "The us gov't > > needs a phone network in iraq while they are there, so build something > > good and leave it behind, as a bonus to the luckyiraq people?" > > > > (and not again the initial paragraph from me... add to that: I didn't read > > either of these articles) > > > |