Rate Structure and Terms
Effective January 1, 2002

   TelAstra, Inc. contracts for work based on hourly rates with G&A applied. However, we are prepared to contract on a fixed price basis and often sign fixed price contracts.
Professional Consulting Rates

President	TBS* per hour
Senior Partner	TBS* per hour
Partner	TBS* per hour
Senior Associate	TBS* per hour
Junior Associate	TBS* per hour
Regulatory and Legal Affairs
	TBS* per hour
Direct Clerical Support
	TBS* per hour

   Off-business hours travel time will not be charged to clients.
   * A complete rate schedule with the dollar values will be supplied upon request.

   Travel Expenses: Travel expenses are billed at actual pass-though. Personal auto will be at US Internal Revenue rate of $0.35 per mile. Air travel will be at coach fare for domestic travel and business or first class for flights more than six hours duration.
   General & Administrative Expenses: A general and administrative expense fee is applied to all services to cover charges associated with billable overhead items. These items include:

• Telephone, Facsimile, Long-distance
• Postage, Express Mail, Over-Night Mail, Courier
• Database Utilization, Analytical Model Usage
• Production, Reproduction, Printing
• Indirect Administrative Support

   The G&A for all accounts is 10% of professional services. (It is not applied to travel.) Clients requesting itemized G&A expenses will be billed at actual expenses plus direct labor required to compile relevant usage and expenses.
   Payments are due within thirty (30) days after the invoice is issued. A surcharge of 1% per month will be applied to overdue balances.