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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates
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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (53979)5/6/2003 9:57:04 AM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (1) of 54805
 
1. AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE - News) today brings its next-generation

If they called GPRS a third generation technology, you would have right to call it FUDD. They did not....next generation simply means it is a step above GSM. I think that it pretty easily qualifies.

2. AT&T Wireless' next generation network provides high-
quality voice service and fast access to information.

In terms of quality, AWE probably has the second best nationwide network....only Verizon's is consistently rated better. As for "fast access to information", from everything I have read, everybody's WAP service is pretty much the same. PCS may use 1xrtt for their WAP 2.0 service, but the user experience isnt any faster than it was on IS-95a.

3. Depending on the device used, customers can receive data speeds on the order of 25-30Kbps for phones and 35-40Kbps for PDAs and laptops equipped with wireless modems.

Those numbers are generally consistent with what I have read elsewhere.

Do you get all of of your information from the Qualcomm threads? If so, I would highly recommend looking around the internet for actual user reviews. You'll find that the differences between Verizon, PCS, and AWE generally have little to do with technology.

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