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To: who cares? who wrote (123)	9/11/1999 9:23:00 AM
From: Cosmo Daisey	Respond to of 538

CM, """It's sort of like the same thing that killed IRID. By the time they were up and running, cellular had grown enough to take all the customers.(or at least enough to make it profitable)""" IRID is dead because of antique technology that Motorola builds and instals. The system was doomed from the start. Most of the equipment is in the satelite and if you lose a bird you can't send a guy in a pickup to put in a new board. The TDMA technology is unreliable and expensive. Dropped calls, noisy, interference, etc. MOT hold an equity position wasted billions on the system. GSTRF on the other hand is supported by Qualcom and their CDMA technology. CDMA equipment for the most part is installed in ground stations with inexpensive satelites serving as antennas. If there is a problem with the bird they have a bunch of inexpensive spares ready to go to work. If tere is an equipment problem the guy in the pickup can drive to the base station and fix it. GSTRF isn't going to make money installing one phone in a remote village like IRID tried to do. Their service will be roaming for all those CDMA networks (Sprint PCS, Bell Atlantic, etc. ) not ATT, using antique TDMA. Only 20 percent of the US has cellular coverage because its not worth it for anyone to put up an antenna in low population areas. In the NYC area there are lots of dead zones along major highways that could roam on GSTRF system. I think there is a market for $1 a minute roaming in areas that otherwise don't have any coverage. cdaiseyPhD@research-caltech.edu

To: who cares? who wrote (123)	9/11/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: Pluvia	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 538

WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS COSTS USING AMPD'S EQUIPMENT Firstoff, lets get this part right. It aint AMPD's Equipment - AMPD just buys from and re-sells YDI equipment. From YDI, WHOLESALE cost of equipment on the subscriber end is about $700 - not counting labor or monthly charge for internet access - which ranges $100-600/mo... Here's link to YDI's internet service using the equipment AMPD wants to re-sell they charge $2,500 to install, $595/mo... ydi.com Bottom line - Wireless internet access using the newly announced AMPD equipment is not economically viable - that's the reason this equipment has been a failure in the market for the past 2 years its been available... Sorry folks - you've been had if you bought this stock.