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To: Jack Bridges who wrote (743)	7/12/2000 12:25:44 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197653

Jack: Good point. One of the beauties of HDR is that it can be used for both mobile and fixed. Other wireless data systems are confined to fixed. The flexibility of HDR is unique. A very strong point in its favor IMO. And yes, you are absolutely right, HDR (expecially as "enhanced") will be strong competition to DSL and other "fixed" alternatives in speed, and potentially, cost - and very very importantly in availability (no wires). Might even be available through Globalstar or other satellite delivery someday. Best. Chaz

To: Jack Bridges who wrote (743)	7/12/2000 1:48:50 PM
From: Mark Fleming	Respond to of 197653

I also believe the market for in-home or in-small-business HDR is huge. With more and more people moving out of the metropolitan areas, there is more demand for alternatives to DSL and cable, which is missing from much of these areas being newly populated. Personally, I live in Edna Valley, a part of San Luis Obispo (north of Santa Barbara, CA), where there is no DSL and no cable, and there will never be due to the distances of running cable for too low a number of poeple. However, I can tell you that there are hundreds and hundreds of high-income people just in my immediate area that would take wireless (at any price) in a heartbeat. (I have DirecPC and hate it!). And, I'd have to guess that 20-30% of the rest of the county or 300,000 does not have DSL or cable access either. Multiply this out across the country, and the market is huge. Add to that those that would drop DSL or cable to to able to "mobilize" their notebook computers, and you've got a market of major proportions.