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To: EJhonsa who wrote (6778)	8/1/2000 8:03:40 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Eric: "The driving force behind the proliferation of these stations should be increases in processing power rather than data rates, with the former being a metric that doesn't depend at all on the protocol a phone happens to be using. Sure, 30 kbps GPRS might not be the same as 50 kbps 1x, but it should still be enough for standard web browsing." Fair enough (except 1X ain't 50 kbps), but then what? Why? Docking stations in Europe? To do what? Don't understand. When access to the internet is weak as with GSM, how does a docking station help? Would appreciate learning how. You lost me by putting the Koreans who are at the leading edge of wireless technology with the Europeans who might be, but show no evidence of that in their actions. Perhaps the Europeans are just victims of the bureaucracy and politicians they are stuck with, but how can they break out of the straightjacket they are in to make real world advances in data access? GPRS is laughable in performance terms. Edge is dubious as a possibility in the future for GSM - will happen for TDMA probably since that is its dead end. But the WCDMA in Korea is CDMA2000 in reality with a thin veneer. No relationship whatsoever to the Europeans UMTS. Curious what you think as a thoughtful informed person. How can you possibly relate the sadly regulated, restricted and consumer be damned European "system" to anything which permits the entry of fresh air and open competition. Yes, Korea was closed. Europe was closed. So then, what happened? One is in the clear lead re: the wireless / internet nexus, and it ain't Europe.