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-------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld (www.BlackBerry.net) -----Original Message----- From: Plante, Everett <Everett_Plante@Enron.net< To: Edison, Andrew <Andrew.Edison@ENRON.com< Sent: Fri Oct 26 14:56:59 2001 Subject: FW: Press release from Dow Jones -----Original Message----- From: Sarkissian, Arshak Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:43 PM To: Fallon, Jim; Dimichele, Rich; Racicot, Paul; Plante, Everett; Suarez, John; Hawthorn, Jay; Edison, Susan; Garrett, Bryan Subject: FW: Press release from Dow Jones -----Original Message----- From: Sarkissian, Arshak Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:36 AM To: Fallon, Jim; Dimichele, Rich; Racicot, Paul; Plante, Everett Subject: FW: Press release from Dow Jones BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE ENRON BROADBAND SERVICES-MICROSOFT DEAL, MSN WILL HAVE TO TEMPORARILY LIMIT DELIVERY OF ITS NEW HIGH-SPEED INTERNET SERVICES TO THE 14 STATES COVERED BY QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. (Q), SAID BOB VISSE, DIRECTOR OF MSN MARKETING. THOSE 14 STATES ARE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, WYOMING, IDAHO, IOWA, MINNESOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, OREGON, UTAH AND WASHINGTON. THE ENRON DEAL WAS TO PROVIDE BACKBONE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE QWEST AREA, VISSE SAID. BACKBONES PROVIDE LONGHAUL SERVICES THAT CONNECT SMALLER AREAS OF NETWORKS. AN ANALYST, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED, EXPRESSED SHOCK WHEN TOLD THAT THE DISAGREEMENT WOULD LIMIT THE NEW MSN BROADBAND SERVICES TO THE 14-STATE QWEST REGION. THAT CALLS INTO QUESTION THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENTIRE ENRON BROADBAND NETWORK, HE SAID. (CONT) MANY DIFFERENT COMPANIES CAN PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BACKBONE SERVICES AND MSN WILL FIND ONE, MSN'S VISSE SAID. THE NEW SERVICE WAS JUST LAUNCHED THURSDAY SO THERE WEREN'T EXISTING CUSTOMERS IN THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE QWEST REGION, HE SAID. VISSE WOULDN'T COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT FILED BY ENRON BECAUSE MICROSOFT HASN'T REVIEWED IT IN DETAIL. COMMENTING WOULD VIOLATE THE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT MICROSOFT HAS WITH ENRON, HE ADDED. "WE DO BELIEVE WE HAVE FULLY UPHELD THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT," HE SAID. MICROSOFT HASN'T FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST ENRON RELATING TO THE DEAL, HE ADDED. HE WOULDN'T COMMENT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A SUIT. IN RECENT TRADING, SHARES OF ENRON WERE DOWN 66 CENTS, OR 4.04%, TO $15.69. SHARES OF MICROSOFT WERE OFF 15 CENTS, OR 0.25%, AT $62.63. -BY MICHAEL RIEKE, DOW JONES NEWSWIRES; 713-547-9207; MICHAEL.RIEKE@DOWJONES.COM (END) DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 10-26-01 14:55 EDT
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