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To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (2981)	2/29/2000 8:56:00 PM
From: Mannie	Respond to of 5853

Jack-If you go to the GSTRF thread, there are several folks who have Globalstar phones, they say the quality is superb. I agree that the cost is high, but the price is cheap to someone who has no other way to access a phone line. I agree that the phones will never be attractive to the average cell user, but that is not who the system is aimed to serve. Globalstar has not signed up the projected number of users in the first few months, mostly due to a lack of handsets to sell. I believe they will be up to a million users (and profitability) quite quickly. Satellite communications, data, internet access will grow quickly over the coming years. Scott

To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (2981)	2/29/2000 9:11:00 PM
From: UUplink	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5853

Have a look at the G* thread on SI if you would like direct info on customer experiences. A key point is the economic value added by satellite telephoney today in developing areas of the world where no telephone service is available. Communication breeds economic opportunity and vice versa. Perhaps there may someday be cellular or wireline competition in the mining camps of Brazil or the outback of Australia. More likely IMO is that satellite systems will continue to offer the only viable service solution for many of these areas--particularly as satellite-based service costs decline (e.g. through cheaper launch vehicles, improved satellite technology, cheaper ground segment costs etc.) There was even a story in the Washington Post a few weeks ago about a doctor working on the outskirts of Mexico City who used the satellite phone to stay in contact with his office because the local wireline service is so poor.