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To: The_Guru_00 who wrote (6713)	8/20/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I think you're right, both on the capacity and power, and that's why sat's are not likely to ever compete in areas above a certain population density. The question comes down to how cheaply could cellular nodes be built if they were tailored for low capacity. The NYT said 140K$ per cell site, I marked it down to 100K$. If they could be built more cheaply (and ignoring maintenance) they will compete better. But,IMO, wireless companies would be better off spending money bringing wideband service to areas already well covered by cellular, than trying to provide blanket coverage to low pop density regions. Especially if they can make money selling G* service there.