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To: Don Edgerton who wrote (78166)	7/31/2000 8:49:28 AM
From: Mark Fleming	Respond to of 152472

Do you think their might be an G option for those who travel off the beaten path?* The articles have said that the system will be in all Ford cars by 2004, I think. Problem is, CDMA is not worldwide yet, and won't be by 2004. Either it won't work worldwide, it will work with GSM/TDMA as well, or it will utilize Globalstar. I've always been curious about something about G*, however. I assume it must have a line of sight with one of the satellites. If so, don't buildings, bridges and trees make it difficult to keep a connection going without disruption?

To: Don Edgerton who wrote (78166)	7/31/2000 1:09:05 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 152472

*re: Do you think their might be an G option for those who trave l off the beaten path?** If there is, it'll be an option very few people need. Cell phone coverage is near-universal on the (paved) road system. And even people with 4WD SUVs spend 99.7% of their time on paved roads. However, if "Most of the system's data will be stored on a central computer server, however, and not in the Wingcast devices.", then this is good news for NTAP and/or EMC. JS@alwaysthepartypooper.com