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To: Shtirlitz who wrote (9198)	1/4/2000 9:57:00 PM
From: duncan moyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Seems that shortly after AG Bell developed the telephone many people said that only one or two would be needed per city/town, WRONG. Third world countries that have very limited communications infrastructure will use G* phones to enable commerce which will improve the lot of those in the immediate surroundings, which in turn will increase demand for communications, ie more G* phones. There is a threshold below which cellular infrastructure is not economical. G* phones are quick on their feet, unlike cellular which requires large up-front cost for tower/antenna/transceivers/power, not to mention the expectation of use to pay for everything. A G* payphone can be placed nearly anywhere in a matter of hours and if sun is available operate on solar cells which charge batteries, G, costly, yes, will enough use the service to make G a winner? Only time will tell, I've placed my bet and I think it will succeed.

To: Shtirlitz who wrote (9198)	1/4/2000 11:03:00 PM
From: eikos	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29987

Let's Talk Let us, for one minute, forget the boys on their fancy boats. The consultant, who needs to make a call home to check his bank balance. They all may fret about the cost of the call. I think Globalstar is designed for a whole different audience. People in the villages of Pakistan, India, CHina, and Indonesia will have access to GSTRF through a fixed wireless line. In a sense, it will be like a public phone booth. Some may wonder who in the world these people will call. Who will call them? But they have relatives and friends working and living all over the world. That little frail Indian woman in the village of Goa in India, has a son who writes software for Qualcomm in the USA. A lady on the outskirts of Manila has a daughter who is a nurse in New York. In spite of the good fortune showered on the children, the family remains out of touch. To these folks, a phone call to a loved one is the most precious thing in the world. Globalstar will serve these people who remain unlinked to the world except for post. I've seen Indians stand in line for hours on their one day off in 100 degree heat, at an international pay phone in Dubai to make a call to their mum in Bombay. They scheduled the call through the post weeks earlier and their mum has been sitting patiently for hours in the house of a friend in Bombay who has a phone only because she bribed a local official. Her loved one is laying bricks for a new hospital in Dubai or Saudi Arabia. Is Globalsar too rich for their blood? Well my friend, blood is everything to these people. They will pay half a months salary to talk to their people. I've seen it. The third world is alive and well and they will utilize Globalstar to an extent that most people in the West cannot imagine. How many expat Indians and Pakistanis, Thais, Filipinos and Indonesians are out there? Millions. They are building the infrastructure for the third world and the first world as well. They go where the work is. Dubai, SaudiArabia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and yes even the USA. They work for their family. They live for word from their family. This market alone is huge. You can't quantify everything in cost per minute. No one can put a price on a simple phone conversation with the people who inspire young men and women to labor for ten hours a day in the most extreme circumstances. Applying western values to eastern realities doesn't work. Globalstar will be profitable. And it will benefit people in the world who need it most. (no I don't mean the capitalists on this thread). I mean the people of the third world. Even at the upper limits of cost per minute it will cut the cost of their phone calls in half and more. But most importantly, communication is now immediate. A death in the family. A joyous birth. GSTRF changes their world. It's priceless. Can't expect most Americans to appreciate the potential of GSTRF. We've never known anything else. That's why Globalstar is cheap. We really just don't understand. Globalstar. Just watch it fly.

To: Shtirlitz who wrote (9198)	1/4/2000 11:07:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 29987

people who have no access to phones of any kind I remember needing to make a phone call while traveling through the jungle near Guatemala about 20 years ago. There weren't many phones, but at a few towns there were phone booths where you could sign up for time. They had solar powered batteries and a satellite dish and about sunset when the batteries were full they allowed calls until the batteries died. There were many customers and the price was high. These people did not call often, but they did want to stay in touch with absent relatives. That alone, of course, would not sustain a satellite network, but it does indicate that there is a great demand for communication. TP