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To: w molloy who wrote (6468)	2/13/2000 6:49:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

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To: w molloy who wrote (6468)	2/14/2000 1:07:00 AM
From: Bux	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

For example most initial GPRS services will actually be around 9600bps. Additional speed will be made available at the cost of additional timeslots. (I'm not taking a dig a GPRS, ALL data services will operate this way). Thanks for the good points. I would like to point out for those who haven't kept up, Airtouch and Sprint is offering data at 14,000bps now, today. I haven't used the Sprint service so I won't speak for it, but the Airtouch data service works very well and always connects at 14,000bps wherever a CDMA connection can be made. I have used it in fringe reception areas very successfully, with no noticeable slowdown in speed, but I imagine there must be a few errors that must be re-sent, I'm not sure. Also, Japan has IS-95 CDMA offering data at 64,000bps, anyone heard how that's working out yet? Bux

To: w molloy who wrote (6468)	2/14/2000 9:27:00 AM
From: jackmore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Molloy, Re: high data rate will be touted, because that's what will attract new subscribers, but the actual data rate offered will be much less, and will be dependent on the number of subscribers attempting to register in a given cell. For example most initial GPRS services will actually be around 9600bps. Additional speed will be made available at the cost of additional timeslots. I understand from the Q's description of HDR that it is expected to operate up to 7 Mbps per cell with a 2.4 Mbps peak to an individual subscriber. Simplistic uninformed question from a non-techie: Does this mean that data transfer rate per subscriber starts to decrease after the first three (3X2.4=7.2) subscribers in a time slot, and then does so proportionately as more are added OR is it, as I suspect, more complicated than that? Does burstiness of transmission play heavily here? Trying to get some feel for capacity constraints among the tech choices that will be out there. Thanking you in advance, jack

To: w molloy who wrote (6468)	2/14/2000 4:21:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

*Actual data rates*<...A high data rate will be touted, because that's what will attract new subscribers, but the actual data rate offered will be much less, and will be dependent on the number of subscribers attempting to register in a given cell.> Service Providers can easily avoid overload and guarantee a minimum data rate by 'Cat's Eyes' marketing. As the number of users logged on goes up and individual user data rates decline, the service provider increases the $$ per megabyte sign in the Cat's Eyes to dissuade people from hitting the 'enter' key to send more data rats through the drain. No worries about poor access times. The service will always be on, always available, faster and cheaper than other services overall since the network will always be busier as users are attracted to the better and cheaper service. CDMA will win again. GPRS and the bleeding EDGE will be ditched after a short [or non-existent for EDGE] life. The same thing will apply to voice. No more 'No service available' signals causing frustrated users. The ATT way of annoying customers is NOT the way to run a wireless network. "All you can eat" is okay for Cricket's voice and "Comfortable Wireless" for a while, but other plans will need to be included at some stage to remain competitive as prices come down and the scramble for customers becomes serious. Mqurice