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To: JohnG who wrote (33507)	6/28/1999 8:32:00 PM
From: puzzlecraft	Respond to of 152472

JohnG, Thanks for getting back quickly (and Michael for the link). I didn't realize air access to Teledesic was TDMA based. Looking now at their website teledesic.com I see that this is the case for the end user... "Most users will have two-way connections that provide up to 64 Mbps on the downlink and up to 2 Mbps on the uplink. Broadband terminals will offer 64 Mbps of two-way capacity. This represents access speeds up to 2,000 times faster than today's standard analog modems." but... "A multiple access scheme implemented within the terminals and the satellite serving the cell manages the sharing of channel resources among terminals. Within a cell, channel sharing is accomplished with a combination of Multi-Frequency Time Division Multiple Access (MF-TDMA) on the uplink and Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing Access (ATDMA) on the downlink." So while Teledesic says the speeds are 2000 x "standard analog modems"... the end cell phone user won't see this because they'll be connecting via boring TDMA and time "channel shared" from the base station to the satellite. Getting to the bottom line, then, this is not a threat to the Q, should it be in operation? John

To: JohnG who wrote (33507)	6/28/1999 8:46:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 152472

Suggest that any of you interested in satellite wireless visit the SI Loral and/or Globalstar threads. Much quicker to read daily BTW than the Q thread. Once upon a time, long ago and far away, quite a few Q shareholders also owned Loral and/or G. This was known as the triumverate. Given the Q's deep involvement in G and Loral's 42% ownership of G, this was considered normal, natural and wise. As many of you know, especially those such as myself who have suffered through the slings and arrows of falling satellites, Washington 's "attention" to China, the Cox report, et al, the stock price movement of these two could be decribed as static at best, mostly down from "the good old days". Is now the time to take another look? Maybe. G has its financing at last. Launches seem to work OK these days and the overall G* system is due to get underway in Sept and be in full operation next year. Loral has huge assets already in satellite bandwidth, much more coming and interrelationships with other satellite communications companies and major powerful terrestrial communication companies which may be very successful. But, if ever there was a case of "let the buyer beware", these two are prime examples. But the are perhaps the biggest of all jokes - a buying opportunity. As we know, some are real, some ain't. Just for those who have not seen the latest, the House of Representatives is tying up "foreign launches" in knots due to concerns re China and the idea that US satellites should be launched from US soil. In sum, Loral and Globalstar are extremely high risk, but might - just might - be high reward. Chaz