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To: Randall Knight who wrote (6430)	2/11/2000 2:07:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 13582

Randall: Light perhaps a bit, and I will try to restrain the heat. For those of us who went through the "holy wars" with the European attacks and the handout press releases to the willing (and lazy) and to some extent no doubt (grateful - for favors of one sort or another) press, this is all too familiar. While the focus is shifted toward Japan with DoCoMo as the source of some stories, Nokia and Ericsson and the Europeans in general are back to their old habits of FUD and mis(leading) info and handouts. All of which are swallowed eagerly by Dow Jones, Bloomberg and Reuters. The pervasiveness of the willingness of all three "financial news services" to swallow this stuff is almost beyond comprehension. While the press in general seems to go out of its way to keep anyone who knows the slightest bit about something directly to maintain even a modicum of respect for their ability or objectivity, this stuff is amazing to behold. Especially when it has the full force of a campaign - which even makes the exaggerations and misinformation of political stories pale in comparison. Others more knowledgeable may wish to comment. Since I focus particularly on Asia and Latin America rather than Europe, I am probably least able to explain the Scandanavian ethics (such as they may be) in peddling such stuff. But been there, seen that - or its ilk. On substance, CDMA is so far ahead of the alternatives in data, there is no contest really. !XRTT and GPRST are natural first steps (no brainers) for CDMA and GSM (and TDMA) since both increase voice capacity and enhance data speed with relatively little change in existing systems and not major cost. Nothing remotely compares to HDR. The upgrade path from the various flavors of CDMA One is clear and straightforward. And the beginnings of that have already started in Korea and Japan where data speeds are already where the (in)famous WCDMA might repeat might be in DoCoMo's version a year from now. Yet the series of articles touting the "lead" of GSM and TDMA in data are reaching a massive scale - inundating us with FUD and misleading (mostly by omission) "facts" and "information". Thankfully, no one has had the guts to suggest that any analysis is included, since that would expose the thinness of the stuff. Enough. Enjoy the weekend. Best to relax, no? Chaz

To: Randall Knight who wrote (6430)	2/11/2000 2:48:00 PM
From: Bux	Respond to of 13582

I think it's a mistake to portray EDGE as being suitable for multimedia. The concerns you raise about spectrum usage and cost are valid. Sure, it might work but how many simultaneous multimedia users could fit in one cell? Will all the voice users be booted off the network just because some rich teenagers want to watch (insert latest music video)? I don't think so. Even given enough spectrum, will the operators spend the $$ needed to deploy EDGE across enough bandwidth to make this practical? With 3G CDMA so close, I doubt it. And then there is the issue of battery life which I believe with EDGE rises pretty much in proportion with the data rate. Bux