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To: Jim Parkinson who wrote (11024)	3/20/2000 11:10:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29986

*Hell's Canyon* Well, there's something to learn every day! I had no idea that the Grand Canyon wasn't the deepest. So these Globalstar handsets work in Hell by the look of it. Which is at the junction of Oregon, Washington, Montana and north Idahohoho. Here's the url: hellscanyon.org Somebody asked about Alaskan coverage. The Globalstar handset coverage areas are based on something like 98% coverage. As the satellites swish around earth at their northern-most point they give coverage further north than 5 minutes later when the most northerly coverage point follows the satellite south. When the next satellite arrives, rising over the horizon, the coverage area extends northwards again. So the polar coverage limits pulse slightly over a period of about 10 minutes as the satellites come and go. It's better than nothing! The gateway in Dubbo, Australia would give some intermittent coverage over New Zealand [but not enough unless there's a clear line with no hills in the way and even then it might not be so good]. Anyway, Hyundai had exclusive rights to NZ and although we have now been told a gateway is due in NZ this year, we don't know who it is. Maybe it's Telecom NZ going to stop Vodafone getting a stranglehold on Australasia, but probably Vodafone. We need LOTS of gateways, all over the world. Maurice PS: I'm not sure I believe the Grand Canyon isn't the deepest. This Hell's Canyon place looks as though it's just a gap between mountains, not a peneplain eroded which is far more impressive.