I think it's likely that there will only be one Alpha. Alpha 1 was supposed to be for just testing the network and I believe Daneos said they were well beyond that so no need. My guess is that the 1st Alpha will be as big, if not bigger, than the proposed 2nd Alpha was going to be. I also think they will go straight to Beta from there. But that's just my opinion.
Well that's true but the official launch is not any time soon I think