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To: jack bittner who wrote (5917)	11/9/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: petersterling	Respond to of 12823

I honestly don't know who will get there first in the next 2 years. Im am more of a generalist. Its too big a job for any one company via any terrestrial wireless technology. The capex to build new base stations and user terminals is too much for anyone but the biggest and boldest of players. Vodaphone could do it. Cisco is throwing money at anything which might prod the Telcos to get moving on broadband. It would seem that this is just another way to prod it along for them. We need the third and fourth wire to really open up the floodgates of competition. The cellular operators are not in any rush either. they are experiencing 100% growth in voice alone and the hardware is not available to rebuild for broadband yet. Globalstar can only serve around 2,800 customers per satellite so it will not be the answer for downtown cores, and its only really low bandwidth voice. Expect it to become bandwidth insignificant by 2003. Datacomm Research Company and Farrar & Associates' "Satellites in Cyberspace" as reviewed by Spacedaily. Internet Key To New Constellations Chesterfield - November 5, 1999 - Satellites will extend the Internet to every point on the Earth's surface -- but only after operators end their obsession with telephony services. That is one of the conclusions of the new 200-page study, Satellites in Cyberspace: Opportunities for Internet-based Satellite Ventures, announced today by Datacomm Research Company and Farrar & Associates. "Only satellites can make the dream of anytime, anywhere Internet access reality," said Sam Farrar, satellite industry veteran and principal author of the report. "There are hundreds of millions of cars, trucks, freight containers, point of sale terminals, and sensors waiting to be connected to the World Wide Web. The biggest opportunity is exploiting satellites already launched by Iridium, Globalstar, and Orbcomm." WRONG; THESE BIRDS CANNOT DELIVER ANY REAL BANDWIDTH, THEY ARE SPACE TOASTERS. Peter s2com.net