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Thanks for documenting the proposed expenditure, James.
I will swallow the rental on the new circuit because it is essential in ord= er=20 to support three or four (rather than two) users in the Brussels office. An= d=20 the other equipment quotes look OK. So please go ahead and place orders; as= =20 you know, the lack of capacity on the current link has become insupportable= -=20 we are experiencing constant crashes, application impairments and=20 disconnections. I should add that when the time comes for installation we= =20 will require hardware and software support and training. And as you know, = a=20 full Brussels hardware audit, completion of Outlook migration and completio= n=20 of Windows 2000 migration are outstanding. What I feel I cannot accept is a continuing charge to my cost centre for th= e=20 entire old bandwidth contract with Equant, which you have not been able to= =20 re-negotiate nor terminate. Frankly, the incompetent negotiation of the thr= ee=20 year fixed capacity link deal by one of your predecessors in 1999, apparent= ly=20 permitting no amendment during the term, should not become my budget proble= m=20 in 2001-2. It was clear from the outset with this office that future=20 expansion and/or future closure would be just as likely as perfect stabilit= y=20 of numbers. (Indeed who would ever want to predict three year stability for= =20 any aspect of our Enron Europe operations?!) If you do not have the authori= ty=20 to re-absorb the cost into an IT overhead, then we will have to refer the= =20 question to Mark Pickering.=20 I am copying my four colleagues because they share with me elements of=20 budgetary reponsibility.=20 From: James Bramwell/Enron@EUEnronXgate on 07/09/2001 10:53 PM GDT To: Peter Styles/LON/ECT@ECT cc: =20 Subject: Update I am in Houston this week and consequently lost today to meetings and just= =20 catching up on mail and realised that I did not have a price for the Compaq= =20 iPAQ hand held electronic assistant. Have sent request and will forward fin= al=20 detail asap. I have made an educated guess for budgetry purposes. The Nokia device that you mentioned is not supported at present.=20 This is the pricing.=20 Bandwidth (new)=20 The proposed bandwidth is 1Mb. The existing circuit would be continued as a= =20 backup until contract expiry (o2923 per month) Costs (new circuit)=20 Rental costs=01;=01;=01; - $3,250.80 per month. (minimum 12 month contract,= total=20 $39,395.60)=20 Install charge=01; - $350=20 Router=01; =01;=01;=01;=01;=01;=01;=01; - $4,500 (to be verified tomorrow)= =20 Laptops=20 Each M300 with accessories =3D o1,335.59 , therefore o2,671.18 total for qt= y 2=20 iPAQ =3D o400 (to be verified tomorrow)=20 Totals (using an exch rate of 1.41)=20 One off costs =01; =01;=01;=01;=01;=01;=01;=01; =3D $9,180.36 (to be verifi= ed tomorrow)=20 New Annual recurring =01;=01; =3D $39,395.60=20 Existing Contract=01;=01;=01;=01;=01;=01; =3D $70,064.43 ($4,121.43 (o2,923= ) per month until Nov=20 2002)=20 Regards=20 James=20
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