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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16316)	8/28/2000 10:47:58 PM
From: idler	Respond to of 29987

As a G shareholder (long), I was somewhat dismayed to find in a journey across the Bay of Fundy from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia that my regular Verizon cell phone worked the entire time during the journey over the water -- albeit in analog mode. I had thought that coverage would cease, making a G phone necessary for communications. What is the scoop on over the water coverage?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16316)	8/29/2000 10:21:25 AM
From: limtex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

MW - Gregg P was right overall. Demand as expected ab initio isn't to be translated word for word. He is right in principal. The only issue for me ab-initio is the price per minute and getting that down to levels somewhat comparable to ambient mobile prices has to happen. If I'm a use I could care less about how much Gpartners get or how much the local SP gets. If I'm a German in Costa Rica I want to phone home and I'm not going to do that if it costs over $1.75 per minute. Thats all I want to know...how much I or my company is going to have to pay per minute. Now that means that the SPs in places like LA who have been gouging IDD users for decades are going to have to give up a bit. So what they will learn the lesson of those countries that have reduced phone charges. Their economies have benefited. G and the SPs just have to get the cost per minute on calls like LA/Europe down to realistic levels ( at the moment under $1.75 next year much lower) and G* is going to be a huge success. Best regards, L

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16316)	8/29/2000 12:09:40 PM
From: Kayaker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Has anyone seen/used a waterproof protector for the Q G* phone? I remember seeing a heavy duty zip lock type thing for cell phones that you can apparently talk through, though I wonder if anyone will hear me. The scenario is a kayak trip on the west coast of Vancouver Island, me swimming beside my overturned boat, waves washing over my hypothermic bones, and my waterproof ICOM VHF handheld gets no response. Asking alot of a G* phone I know. Am also choking on the $2000 CDN price tag for the phone (though it's better than choking on frigid seawater). For $500 I'd pick one up in a heartbeat for emergencies. I have a Cell-Safe cellsafe.com unit for my cell phone. Very nice, but of course can't use the phone "through" it. Yaker