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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (37881)8/11/1999 8:31:00 AM
From: qdog  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
IF it ain't LOS then I can work any tower in a metro area, irregardless of obstructions. I can take a 2 way FM radio, put it on a dummy load, inside a concrete reinfored structure and still hit the repeater when it's only less than a mile away. Yet that is still considered a P-MP system and LOS. The reason cellular works, is the proximity to towers that are generally 100 foot tall or so and no more than slightly more than a mile away. If you go down undergrowund two parking levels in some spots of Houston you'll not have a signal to work. So yes it is LOS and I don't care what Brian asserts about it.

As to your confusion, Greg posted an article about Sprint. That article is about the MMDS companies they have bought recently and is going to be part of the strategy for Sprint ION. It has nothing to do with Sprint PCS. It also will not use CDMA. Sprint and MCIWorldcom are going to petition the FCC to sectorize the MMDS spectrum, which is a form of cellularizing it. Just because it's Sprint and wireless, doesn't mean it's a boon for QCOM and CDMA. Nor do they at this time intend to make it mobile in the same manner as cellular or PCS, but there is nothing from making 2.4 GHz frequency in that regard if they cellularize it the same as 1.9 GHz.

As to the impending 3G, the Europeans and Japanese are allocating more spectrum for that service. Most European countries are allocating additional 15 Mhz spectrum for that purpose. What the FCC doing? Nothing as of yet. So now you are going to tell me that Bell Atlantic cellular system is going to do high speed data, along with one rate voice services? Good luck in satisfying the consumer....
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