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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MileHigh who wrote (11616)	4/9/2000 10:41:00 AM
From: Pierre	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Yes, it would be great news, but will the minutes used be that great!? The answer is yes, IF: 1. soft hand off between cell/sat 2. single cell/sat phone number 3. per minute charge in sat mode reduced to the point ($1/min?) the average onstar user no longer factored ppm in his daily use of the system. Given the above, any time the user was in a gap coverage area, or beyond cell - he would be in sat mode. Very shortly he'd never know which he was using, just that he could make and receive a call any time, any where. Others' experience may differ, but for me dropped calls, and dead cell zones are a daily occurrence right here in the city. A short trip up the coast or into the mountains puts me in a 50/50 situation. If my situation is anywhere near typical, that's a lot of minutes times 4,000,000. The key, IMHO, is to make sat mode seamless and painless. Pierre