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To: richard w allgaier who wrote (32457)	7/17/1999 6:42:00 PM
From: Richard P. Roberts	Respond to of 45548

COMS and CA, interview w/CA ceo mon eve. jetson.cnbc.com

To: richard w allgaier who wrote (32457)	7/18/1999 3:18:00 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 45548

It's not "game over." Error detection/correction is a way of life for lossy channels. JMHO.

To: richard w allgaier who wrote (32457)	7/18/1999 3:55:00 AM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 45548

rick, i didn't get from the article that it was wonderful, if that's what you were suggesting. i got that 3com is developing a technology that is not going to be widely supported. i speak here of "web clipping". the biggest plus, according to niccolai, would be if 3com would latch on to wireless access protocol sooner than later. to think of web clipping as an "interim solution" tells me that COMS may be putting their eggs in the wrong basket. otoh, when you think about it, most technologies are simply interim solutions, until the next thing comes along. no? i didn't grasp why niccolai referred to 3com's reluctance to move to wireless access protocol as "a touch of microsoft-itis" :) mark

To: richard w allgaier who wrote (32457)	7/18/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: Bux	Respond to of 45548

Like when your cell phone fades momentarily. The technology works fine in the cities where theres a lot of reflecting surfaces to bounce signal in addition to multiple send/rec sites to get signal saturation. Actually, WAP (wireless application protocol) can be implemented on different wireless technologies (CDMA, TDMA, etc.). With TDMA, Analog and GSM the signals reflected by the urban environment arrive at the base station at slightly different times due to different path lengths. This is called multi-path and actually increases the error rate. The situation within a CDMA network is different since a CDMA's rake receiver is able to combine these multiple signals even though they arrive at slightly different times and end up with a single stronger signal. The reason data rates are generally higher in urban areas is primarily due to the number and proximity of base stations.