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To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (7278)	9/9/1999 12:02:00 PM
From: djane	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29987

More scraps from the G* conference [Would love to see brokerage reports when they're available...] Top>Business & Finance>Investments>Sectors>Services>Communications Services>LOR (Loral Space/Communication) phones work well by: illbethr2 19240 of 19246 Yesterday started 1st of two day investor conference. according to Goldman, several calls made and were impressive. Voice quality and overall performance were verygood. One dropped call, but no subsequent failures in 5 calls. Caller retention rates at 85-93%. THE TIME IS CLOSING IN Posted: 9/9/1999 11:03 am EDT as a reply to: Msg 19239 by alreadyold

To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (7278)	9/9/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29987

Jim: Items 1& 2 dont make any sense to me. Unconfirmed reports from the conf but here is what I have heard this am: 1. G* waiting for Iridium to fold and wants to take over its bandwidth. 2. Considering placing 2 geo's at poles for complete global coverage. 3. 10,000 test calls per day are being conducted successfully. System works well so far. The system can be rolled out without them, no need to wait. Further, G* does not need additional bandwidth, they need to fill what they have first. Perhaps an Loral Alliance grab, but even that is far fetched. The US gov has bought some I* phones and just completed a test with F16s for real time, in-flight communications. I* is not going away. It may be a different animal in 6 months to a year, but it is not going away. Too long for G* to wait until I's bones are cold. The poles birds have been talked about under a second generation configuration and as an aid to data transfer from the broad band constellations. Geos for G would increase delay and not benefit voice traffic at all. Like point number three, guess that would support at least 10K phones being available (if only on the resale market (ggg) Thanks for the news. Jeff Vayda

To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (7278)	9/9/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: Christopher Williams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

>>>2. Considering placing 2 geo's at poles for complete global coverage. Geostationary satellites have to orbit in the earth's equatorial plane, and I believe they need to be at 22,000 miles (35,000Km). I don't see how there's any way to send a usable signal that far with a handset sized device. It will probably take 2(or 3 or 4?) new planes of satellites in polar orbits to cover the poles.I hope someone who knows what they're talking about will give a proper analysis of what it would take to do this. I guess its OK to be thinking about covering the polar regions and oceans, or to someday need more bandwidth :). But I'd like to hear what is happening to turn the existing constellation into part of an economically viable business.