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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (12501)7/17/1998 11:35:00 PM
From: Ingenious  Read Replies (2) of 152472
 
Telephones are kinda like pizza...
Some cell phones are better, some cell phones are worse (ie non-CDMA) but ultimately, they are all pretty good (that is if you like pizza).
I suppose the point here (now that I have your attention) is cellular phones are not so much of a status symbol as they used to be. They are really becoming a comodity. So maybe your cell phone does not sound *great* but it works for most of your needs and above all it is really really *cheap*!!. That is a selling point for many people. Look at the Mac vs. PC; VHS vs. BETA; Newton vs. PalmPilot; Netscape vs. IE 4; etc. Cheap, simple, and easy *always* wins over expensive, complex, and sensitive equipment.

For CDMA to really compete, they need to install many more base stations and increase the subscriber list ot drive down costs. This only occurs with excellent *marketing* and not *engineering*.

Features on CDMA (is-95)like soft handoff etc. will not work properly if there are only a few base stations lurking out in the terra. People may not even get to experience those wonderful features of digital communication if the marketeers cant sell enough of the phones. Without marketing, engineering becomes just another experiment.
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