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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (4850)	1/7/2000 8:25:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 13582

Maurice - It seems to have quietly slipped by that the new directional antenna techniques are going to double capacity. That will zoom CDMA well past 20:1 compared with the old analogue systems. Yes and no. There is no reason that analog, or TDMA, cannot also use smart antennas and get the same proportionate capacity increase. (Also note that the electronics for CDMA smart antennas are probably somewhat more complex than the equivalent for TDMA et al.) BTW - there is no reason why this should result in only a 2 times increase. I wouldn't be surprised to see 5 or 10 times increased capacity by the end of the decade, and as data takes off the service providers are going to need it. Clark PS Those are my "two paddles in the water". Just claiming my own IP <g>.