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To: Apollo who wrote (6684)	9/20/1999 3:15:00 PM
From: StockHawk	Respond to of 54805

A reference to CDMA in PC World 10/99. pcworld.com A few excerpts: >Notebooks and handhelds connecting via a digital cell phone can simply dial up a standard ISP. If you're using a wireless modem, however, you need a special data account--using the CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) protocol--from your cellular service. The reason: Whereas your cell phone connects to the public telephone system (through which you then connect to your ISP), wireless modems are designed to connect only to wireless data networks. Bell Atlantic, AT&T, GTE, and Ameritech all offer CDPD accounts nationally; OmniPoint and others do the same thing regionally. Handhelds, pagers, and phones are another story. AT&T's pioneering PocketNet service began delivering Web-based content to CDPD cell phones last year. But now major carriers including Sprint, GTE, and AT&T are rolling out new data services for smart phones on their digital networks, identified by such obscure acronyms as CDMA, TDMA, and PCS1900. These networks support more connections and will eventually move data at higher speeds than today's CDPD-based services. But initially the new services will run at a poky 14.4 kbps, so from a speed standpoint, CDPD--which can attain a maximum speed of 19.2 kbps--should remain attractive for now. Metricom's coming service--Ricochet2, due to arrive next summer in 12 cities--will reach 128 kbps. Cellular carriers say a third-generation type of digital cellular service, due in or after 2001, will improve bandwidth further.