It seem to me that there must also be contingency plans for bringing the shuttle back at any point during the mission and that that might preclude having an untested, unmanned strat (tethered or not) floating over the base. So, it's possible that we may have to wait until the shuttle returns for the testing to commence.

October issue of Popular Mechanics--- cover story is HAA's and no mention of Sanswire. The most concrete part of the story is a 5 minute flight by Lockheed last January with photos. Looks like 3 strats hooked together side by side by side. No mention of Sanswire---UNBELIEVABLE!!!

http://www.popularmechanics.com/albums?mode=view&album=2006&pic=200610.jpg&dispsize=400&...

I think the first big strat NR we get will not be when testing is completed, but rather when Raytheon has seen enough to commit and THAT will be the "material event" event.

I'm also thinking that the glaring lack of mention of GTE on Monday and in the AP story may indicate posturing for a spin-off of Sanswire. Or am I reading too much into it?

"But at present, the risk of that happening is almost non-existent."

IMO, this stock is coiled extremely tightly, and can explode at any minute.

I recall that, at some point while we were waiting for the Russian money, Rob told someone that the Russian deal was only the fourth biggest deal that was in the oven at that time.

I also recall someone buying 75K at the ask Friday afternoon. (fingers crossed).

The 10K stated, "...assuming no further delays, push the new launch window to between the 20th and the 30th of August."

Now Rob is referring to "a time range for float testing".

I hope he's implying that the launch will immediately follow the conclusion of the float testing.

I've always heard that "size doesn't matter".

Current rank: # 16 of 6,289 articles

Pit, In the Q1 report of May 6, Huff stated, "The achievements of Sanswire Networks have generated tremendous interest from both the private and government sectors. This heightened interest will be shared with you in the coming weeks."

This "sharing" is obviously linked to successful strat II testing. Also remember Huff stating that it was "fully funded"?

Since the strat II project took a back seat to the military strat project last Summer and Fall, I think that this was something that GTE did as part of an agreement with Raytheon in exchange for Raytheon funding both projects ("tenatative support"). So it could well be that the Sky Dragon (or whatever) is now (at least primarily) Raytheon's baby.

IMO, Raytheon and Sanswire are quite connected and this will be revealed at some point after flight testing begins and the disclosure of this relationship will greatly add to share value.

KCSA

http://www.kcsa.com/

I and some others, here, predicted yesterday that, based on the timing of yesterday's PR, we would have a big, positive PR, today.

Is it possible that GTE did, in fact, submit such a PR this morning and that the Amex finds it too much to believe and wants to make it clear to GTE that it better be the real thing this time?

"Bad news" wouldn't be released 7 trading minutes after yesterday's bad news.

Doc, That was my first thought when I saw it.

Housedad, how else can GTE be sure the "customer" is serious and not just wasting GTE's time as the Russians did?

ALso, it may well be stipulated that the "customer" receives the deposit back if it doesn't test satisfactorily. Who knows?

Also, when you test drive a car, the dealership doesn't have to send a team of people out to your home with parts and then assemble the car for you.

Justfrank, Magicweb emailed me the following:

XXXX

I can tell you what we know, and nothing more. The meeting can be shown live
and that decision is up the GTE. We will be there to provide the live
broadcast if they so decide. If they record it to show after the meeting we
will simply broadcast the recording from a DVD after the meeting. Again,
timing is up to GTE.

Sorry I could not be of more help.

HLB



-----Original Message-----
From:XXXX XXXXXX
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:10 PM
To: drbecker@magicweb.com
Subject: Globetel Webcast


Can you please tell me if your webcast of the Globetel Shareholder
meeting will be live or after the meeting.

Also, can you tell me the approximate hours of the meeting.

Thank you so much!

Regards,

XXXX XXXXXX

Mexico's richest: CARLOS SLIM HELU

http://www.vdare.com/awall/060510_memo.htm

Carlos Slim (see photo here), also known as "Rey Midas" and "El Ingeniero" [the engineer] is a telecommunications magnate, owner of Telmex, America Movil, CompUsa, WorldCom and plenty of other holdings, including Latin American subsidiaries of Verizon. Of Slim’s 30 billion dollar net worth, just last year he accumulated $6 billion of it.

Carlos himself didn’t start out poor. His Lebanese-immigrant family (original surname Salim) became rich buying up Mexico City properties after the Mexican Revolution.

By the time of the much-acclaimed privatization (a.k.a. crony capitalism) policy of the Carlos Salinas administration (1988-1994), Slim was in position to purchase Mexico’s state telephone monopoly, Teléfonos de México—Telmex.

So Telmex was converted from a state monopoly to a private monopoly. It still controls 94 percent of all the fixed telephone lines in Mexico. Slim also has 80 percent of the mobile phone market.

Mexican free-market economist Silvia Luna explains what Telmex offers the Mexican telephone-user:

"Today Mexico faces the highest telephone charges in the Western Hemisphere and Telmex customers pay the highest telephone charge of the 30 countries of the OECD…"

"We Mexicans pay charges three times higher than the cell-phone users of Sweden and Denmark, which negatively affects the country’s competitiveness, while political influences block everyone who promotes competition." [Carlos Slim y su monopolio perfecto, Cato Institute, April 17th, 2006]

But the world’s third-richest man is still coming out ahead!

XXXX

I can tell you what we know, and nothing more. The meeting can be shown live
and that decision is up the GTE. We will be there to provide the live
broadcast if they so decide. If they record it to show after the meeting we
will simply broadcast the recording from a DVD after the meeting. Again,
timing is up to GTE.

Sorry I could not be of more help.

HLB



-----Original Message-----
From:XXXX XXXXXX
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:10 PM
To: drbecker@magicweb.com
Subject: Globetel Webcast


Can you please tell me if your webcast of the Globetel Shareholder
meeting will be live or after the meeting.

Also, can you tell me the approximate hours of the meeting.

Thank you so much!

Regards,

XXXX XXXXXX

It finally hit me. Tim was reading from a cheatsheet or other text that was prepared some time ago and it didn't occur to him that it needed an updating until he read right through the words and then he said to himself, "Hey, that ain't right" and clumsily backed up and corrected himself. JMHO.

Mobile VoIP w/o computer interface

http://investor.globetel.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=67726&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=856591&highligh...

Dusty, IMHO, there are several possible explainations:

1 The possibility of replacing Internafta, after having learned the lessons of the first go-round, with a possibly shorter negotiation time, using the Internafta contract as a template.

2 The lack of a response by Huff to the lawsuit (not worth dignifying with a response).

3 Shorts seeing a bottom and covering in light of the forementioned.

4 The specialist scooping up sell orders for his AH customer.

jfburk, It's very possible that the reason for the delay is to avoid the brunt of the hurricane season.