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To: mauser96 who wrote (5425)	6/29/1999 12:09:00 AM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I don't understand why making a phone AMPS/GMS/CDMA compatible has to add a lot to the mass. Making it satellite compatible I can understand adds volume/mass/cost, and I think Kyocera had the right idea with it's Iridium "docking" approach that turns a small terrestrial phone into a sat phone as req'd. Another related question for me is what's the cost and who pays when someone calls you on your G* phone. Having one phone number with you all the time sounds great, but it will be a lot less great if the calling party is charged as if (s)he were calling another planet.