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To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (4352)	4/23/2000 7:47:00 PM
From: gc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

The cost of upgrading to 1xrtt and then to 3G is much higher than to 3G directly. Why bother?

To: Peter J Hudson who wrote (4352)	4/23/2000 8:19:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 34857

Peter - You know that 1xrtt meets the criteria for 3G service and does it in 1.25 MHz bandwidth. Yes and no. MC-1X (i.e. 1XRTT) is only up to the first stage of full 3G (First stage is much much slower than the eventual 2Mbps). Of course the first release of DS will also only be the first stage. Of course MC-1X with HDR is, perhaps in many ways, full 3G even if it cheats to get there (segragating voice and data). I'll go out on a limb and predict that 1xrtt systems will be in operation before the first GPRS system. Probably, but not by any means assured (IMO). One of the problems is that without EDGE the current GSM carriers may not have the extra capacity to add data, even if all the technology can be made to work correctly. In contrast, 1X doubles the capacity and thus gives instantaneous additional capacity. Clark