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To: Eric L who wrote (5874)	6/28/2000 5:09:00 AM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric L: Thanks for the post on realistic data rates for GPRS. "* Summer of 2000: First-trial GPRS services become available with typical user throughput of 28 Kbps. * Early 2001: Basic GPRS-capable terminals available in commercial quantities. * Throughout 2001: Network operators launch GPRS services commercially. * 2001/2: Typical single user throughput increases to 56 Kbps. More capable terminals become available. * 2002: Typical single user throughput is likely to be 112 Kbps. GPRS Phase 2/ EDGE begins to emerge. GPRS Phase 2 * 2002: GPRS is routinely incorporated" The comparison to CDMA IS-95 B in use now in Korea and Japan is pitiful, let alone 1X (MC) or HDR or CDMA 2000 (MC) in further iterations. CDMA is so far ahead in data rates and time frame as to make the use of GPRS absurd in technological or economic terms. But politics, bureaucracy and inertia are powerful determinants, no? How could any operator with a modicum of practical sense go to GPRS in lieu of the CDMA upgrade data path? Boggles the mind. Best. Chaz