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To: engineer who wrote (43420)	10/5/1999 4:18:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

IF you bring cut down web pages to the masses, A big IF. CDPD and it's ilk are currently charged on a per packet basis, and itis very expensive. Jesef - did you mention the pricing scheme for the new CDPD over TDMA service? w.

To: engineer who wrote (43420)	10/5/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 152472

I agree with you, but then your "tiny little packets" concept just went out the window. IF you bring cut down web pages to the masses, they will consume more packets, and thus fill up the system.... Fyi: you message was 200 bytes. The whole page was about 14K You may have slightly more of the tiny pages than regular browser pages, but what usually gets cut is the bloat. As far as filling up the system, as long as you have some slack, say 5% the CDPD is almost free. Another thing that may work in favor of the carrier is that you may have different peak usage hours of the voice and data. Anyway, doesn't ISS-95B use similar scheme? Joe