>> In closing, I reiterate what others on this thread have stated. Joe Blow subscriber doesn't give a damn what technology is allowing him to communicate. As long as the service is good, who cares. From the service provider's perspective, as long as the quality and capacity is there and the cost of the technology is in line with the competing technologies, the technology is basically a non-issue.
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Yes, the home subscriber couldn't care less what frequency the bits travel on. Joe Blow, CEO, does care about the technology. If a company is going to buy 100 of these phones, they don't want to be stuck in a deadend. I'm not saying that iDen is necessarily a deadend, but it does appear that the mainstream is going to be CDMA.
I am a programmer. I've seen too many companies invest enormous sums of money is hardware or software, only to be left behind when that (b)leeding edge technology turned into trailing edge overnight. Companies will weigh the future of the technology in their decision.
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