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To: John Walliker who wrote (16632)	9/9/2000 10:34:19 AM
From: Investartist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Revelations, Chapter 1...G*...from RB: by: tycoonowe 9/8/00 10:56 pm Msg: 70417 of 70446 By: Elena_Murooni Reply To: 14557 by brassornot Friday, 8 Sep 2000 at 5:57 PM EDT Post # of 14616 I'll repost your numbers as they are quite revealing as to the leniency provided other companies which should, equally, be provided to Globalstar... and has this not been our big complaint? That Wall Street is not allowing for traction time? If any of you missed this post, then peruse the numbers again... these are forward expectations by Wall Street on three companies (one which they punish, two which they love)... Stock.....2Q00 losses.......This Year.......Next Year.... GSTRF....- $77.5MM.........- $318.8MM......- $282MM...... LVLT....- $399.5MM.........- $1,598MM......- $2,485MM.... GBLX....- $537.1MM.........- $2,210MM......- $2,377MM.... Thank you Brass; it is insightful.

To: John Walliker who wrote (16632)	9/9/2000 11:11:06 AM
From: rf_hombre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Just one handset would probably make little difference, but lots of planes, each with hundreds of people over a city might bring a network to its knees. John, there is about a x100 signal reduction (20dB) due to the plane's structure and the person's body loss. And due to the highly directional antennas (in the vertical plane) at the base station, it is unlikely that a direct signal path would exist. At best it would be a combination of one or more reflections. So we are talking an additional x10 loss. (for a total of x1000 signal reduction, compared to the signal environment on the ground). Bottom line, even if the mobile were screaming the actual receive levels at the base station(s) are likely to be low. CDMA networks protect themselves from rogue mobiles who scream (out of the boundaries governed by the power control algorithm) by shutting them up once and for all. The subscriber must then have the mobile repaired or replaced. GSM networks have a way of approximating the distance to the accessing mobile. The default is typically 35 km (for extended GSM cells 70 km). A parameter can prevent mobiles as close as 1 km of acccessing a particular cell. Still this would not prevent a subscriber to try multiple access attempts but it is unlikely that this would cause a major disruption. TDMA networks...who cares? rf_hombre