Message-ID: <28654826.1075848243612.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 00:17:00 -0800 (PST) From: brad.richter@enron.com To: steven.kean@enron.com Subject: Rice University misunderstanding Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Brad Richter X-To: Steven J Kean X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_June2001_5\Notes Folders\Rice X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf Further information on Rice. Given the outcome (read the following email as well) I didn't feel the need to involve anyone else. Let me know if you disagree. Thanks, Brad ----- Forwarded by Brad Richter/Enron Communications on 03/05/01 08:24 AM ----- Radu Tutos 03/02/01 04:11 PM To: Brad Richter/Enron Communications@Enron Communications cc: Subject: Rice University misunderstanding Brad, The complaint that we have received from Rice regarding the Bremen circuit seems to be the result of a misunderstanding. In brief, this is what happened: Rice is currently under contract with us to purchase a Houston-Bremen circuit starting February 2002. Initially the circuit was supposed to be on line February 2001 (last month), but at Rice's request, we bought back the circuit for the first 1 year. We have recently been approached again by Rice to provide them with an interim circuit on the same route ASAP, and we have just submitted to them a termsheet in that regard. Most likely, the misunderstanding came about as a result of repeated modifications of the starting date for the circuit, all of which were requested by Rice. Again, our obligation under the existing contracts is to deliver the circuit February 2002, almost a year from now. I discussed this problem with Brad Nebergall (origination), and he made a priority to explain the situation with the upper management at Rice. thanks, Radu Tutos Director, TDS Enron Broadband Services office 713-853-3990 cell 713-304-7602