Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (7005)	8/30/1999 1:16:00 PM
From: mmeggs	Respond to of 29987

Tero: You are making the same assumption that many naysayers continue to make: That the primary market for Globalstar services lies in those areas where cellular is already widely built out. A person waiting for a year-and-a-half to get a phone in Brazil does not care about a 10 oz. vs. a 4 oz. phone. They want a phone, preferably one that works. For those people who have the option of deciding between cellular and G, the real question is not "Which phone is lighter and has better features?", the question instead remains "Are the benefits of 100% connectability worth the sacrifices in weight and standby/talk times?" You are asking the wrong questions. For many in the world, weight, talk times, etc are a distant fifth or sixth behind availablility, reliability, connectability, price, clarity, etc. You are taking all of these things for granted, as if the entire globe had the same advantages as Europe or a metropolitan area of the US. Marketing will make or break G, not standby times. mmeggs

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (7005)	8/30/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I'm not ignoring the features of the handsets I just don't think they're so grotesque as to present a problem. We are not discussing terrestrial mode cellular phones. My guess is that anyone who buys a G* phone who does not live/work in some totally out of the way place will also be the proud owner of a GSM/CDMA/TDMA/AMPS phone which they'll use on their preferred local network whenever possible. 3000$ was obviously TOO MUCH. Hopefully G* providers won't go off the deep end on this one. If you really believe that this business can flourish with only fixed and car handsets, then there is a case for Globalstar Having travelled extensively in what we patronizingly dub the 3rd world and spent lots of time in the American West I can assure there is a need for fixed and car handsets that will work essentially anywhere. The question I feel very uncertain about, which I've already voiced here is how much use these handsets will see?. Maurice is certainly right on this issue. If the price/min is not cheap people will only use these phones when they have to, which certainly won't be good for G* and is the reason I think I'd rather look at this game from Q's perspective than Loral. I already agreed with you that globe trotting roamers are by in large already lost unless prices are CHEAP CHEAP. Dave