The program doesn't have the ability to pay it back or to service debt of that size.

Looking at the debt the hospital will ultimately incur is going to really challenge its ability to ever be in a situation where it has much freedom to create stable, healthy margins on a regular basis. Because of that reality, it always raises the question of whether the hospital will stay with current ownership. If they get rid of the hospital, they get rid of the debt. If they keep it, they may be chronically saddled with difficulties maintaining margins.

You want to have the resources to hire the professionals you need and to service debt, make lease payments and put up cash collateral, as required to keep operating the business. And you need to pay vendors.

It does not go against your debt service. It will not have a negative impact on the city.

Alcatel's ability to look at and innovate on the entire lifecycle of voice-over-IP -- from enterprise to service provider to the manufacture of boards and chips -- really sets them apart from many vendors. Alcatel is already a leader in the enterprise IP-PBX market, and we expect that they will expand on that position in 2006.

We have a responsibility to spend tax money wisely. It makes no sense to rebuild using outdated data.