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From:brad.richter@enron.com
To:steven.kean@enron.com
Subject:Rice University misunderstanding
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Date:Mon, 5 Mar 2001 00:17:00 -0800 (PST)

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

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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