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To: Scott Zion who wrote (406)	9/27/1999 3:02:00 AM
From: qdog	Read Replies (1) of 12253

Wireless has alot of potential, but there is a legacy, that I can tell you first hand, is the measure. I laugh sometimes reading the post of some that suggest AT&T is toast. I wished I had a nickel for everytime I've heard that one in the last 15 years. That legacy is POTS that everyone takes for granted, but everyone seems to hate. I'm always facsinated by folks dislike for the phone company, yet they can never seem to tell you when the last time their phone failed them. Wireless, with all it's potential to do things still has to measure up to that. Folks get downright abusive when they pick up a reciever and it doesn't work. They are even less incline to hear silly excuses like the crain knock your antenna off (at this time I have to admit that I worked for oil & gas companies globally at one time, so the crane reference is offshore). That simply is no excuse to these folks and they quickly remind you that the phone in their home works everytime, even though they hate the phone company. Wireless wasn't immune from disruption by Floyd. Rain fades with Ku Band Geo satellite is a fact of life, you start talking about millimeter or infared and the likelihood of distruption is pretty safe bet. The ultimate winner is still fiber to the home (FTTH). Data is entering a new world and the legacy of the computing world of re-boots and excuse making is starting to run into that legacy issue brought by Mother Bell and her POTS. The consumer is real fickle about that and are starting to make the equation..... I do see the future of fiber to the house with the house being wireless itself and certain services being retain when mobile from that base. Bluetooth is only the beginning. It's one reason why MCIWorldcom is looking for a wireless infrastucture. I don't believe that we will ever be totally wireless, but more a convergnece of both in our life and part of our basic service. I'm somewhat surprised to hear that at PCS 99 higher frequency was talked about. 4G is already being researched by NTT and they have a Website that talks briefly about it. Wished I had bookmarked it.........

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