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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (48741)	11/9/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 152472

FranQ. Did you realize that Sprint PCS may be using less than 25% of their bandwidth in most areas. I read this as meaning that AT&T is really screwed and their cable investment is in danger too. JohnG To: slacker711 who wrote (3121) From: Scott Zion Tuesday, Nov 9 1999 5:28PM ET Reply # of 3125 slacker711 - from the SSB report www3.techstocks.com Sprint PCS is well positioned to provision higher-speed packet-based data services given the company's use of highly efficient CDMA digital technology, substantial network capacity as well as nationwide scale. Within 18 months, Sprint PCS will offer its customers 1.5 Mbps data access on its wireless network, easily surpassing speeds achieved by iDEN, TDMA and even GSM's GRPS and EDGE technologies. From a capacity standpoint, Sprint PCS has only used about 5 MHz of its 25-30 MHz nationwide (in other words, only 20% of its bandwidth) to service its 4mm customers and therefore has substantial capacity (80% left) to accommodate the expected ramp in mobile data traffic. It is also increasingly clear that internet content, applications, commerce and information providers are focusing their efforts on scale operators such as Sprint PCS with the Yahoo! alliance being the most recent example. regards Scott