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To: Rich who wrote (12531)	5/10/2000 3:35:00 PM
From: Souze	Respond to of 29986

In case you missed it, here's a prior post that directs you to where you can get a free phone iff you sign up for two years at $1.99 per minute. Message 13599233 If they could sell me a phone for a few hundred bucks, and some packaged minute deal, i'd get it. Back to lurking. Edit: I just tried the site. Either the offer is no longer available, or it's not easy to spot.

To: Rich who wrote (12531)	5/10/2000 3:41:00 PM
From: akmike	Respond to of 29986

I don't yet have a G* phone. Here are the reasons: 1. Roaming not yet worked out everywhere. 2. Cost expected to come down 3. Handset may be improved 4. No data capability till fall 5. Current coverage in my locale is spotty; fine to the South but Northbound is iffy. To priortize the above, if #2 works, I would buy now and upgrade later. Now a question for you: If the countries which need phone service deploy thousands of fixed units, how many like me would need to buy a phone for G* to be profitable?

To: Rich who wrote (12531)	5/10/2000 3:49:00 PM
From: Michael Allard	Respond to of 29986

I have a working G* Phone, I bought it ($1500) I pay normal rates (around $60 - $100). Why and when do I use it? Recently (last week) it was used in Arizona (Chandler) because the other cell phones (BAM and SprintPCS) had such week signals that we could not carry on a phone call. It was used in Florida while on Alligator Ally again when conventional coverage was too weak. It is used while boating in Florida (out of cellular range) and in New Hampshire (when out of cell range both in the ocean and north in the mountains). I expect to use it in Orlando next week (areas of Disney don't even have analog coverage), and I will use in in Italy in July (forwarding my local BAM calls to that line - many areas in Italy have spotty GSM coverage). I basically use it whenever I am out of regular cellular coverage. By the way, the call quality is superb. Flawless when used outdoors. But the phone is large, I would like it to be smaller.

To: Rich who wrote (12531)	5/10/2000 4:06:00 PM
From: rf_hombre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29986

Great Question ! I travel a lot and get most of my mobile calls free, but anyway I would buy one to keep one number and for coverage if the following conditions are met: 1. Transformation of the "User Terminal" into an actual phone, i.e turn this bad boy into a little devil 15x3x4cm. No hangups about antenna size. 2. I paid $ 450 for my Nokia 7110, Iïd go up to $700 for the mini UT 3. VERY clear price structure with Home Gateway minute at $ 0.60 cents and zone 1, zone 2 and zone 3 at $ 0.75, $ 1.25 and 1.75. Thats what I am wiling to pay. It may a bit on the low side but then again a lot professionals get free calls as perks...Something to think about in the pricing of service from the Constellation formerly known as Globalstar. I am not tempting fate, just trying to exorcise the evil. =)