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To: Sully- who wrote (2535)	8/29/2000 1:40:06 PM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196589

wstera: You make an incorrect assumption in your statement: However, don't you think that this huge expense (tax) will force them to put this spectrum to use ASAP? And if the cost of the spectrum is so high, it makes sense that they will want to put a system in place that allows them to minimize cost & maximize revenues on that system? You assume governments are by design efficient and logical in their workings. Jeff Vayda

To: Sully- who wrote (2535)	8/29/2000 1:58:29 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 196589

Remember those MOT brick phones for $699 a piece? Remember when monthly subs start at $49.95 for two mid night minutes? Many of us here may want all you can eat high speed wireless internet at any cost. However, we can easily be sucked into G*'s dilemna. Should the carriers sacrifice to reach critical mass or try to be profitable immediately? A side note. Not all countries are going the auction route. Totalitarian governments such as China may avoid this cost. countries like Korea may provide their carriers with cheaper spectrums than the "market" rate. It is going to make data roaming agreements a nightmare??? Ramsey