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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (8916)	10/17/2000 3:43:36 AM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi, Ray - I think that your question about mobile access misses the point of what a good number of people use the 'Net for here in Norte America. I wonder if your comments don't discount, too much, the user's ability to differentiate between the experiences offered at different levels of connectivity? We had a blackout last night, and the old tinny sounding transistor radio was much appreciated. I visited LA last month, for a few days, and got a little lost after I got off the freeway north of Malibu. I also suffered from stock market withdrawal, and finally resorted to an internet cafe for the latest news releases on favorite stocks. Finding an ATM in Santa Monica wasn't too difficult, but it would have been made easier by a good locator. I read an article last year about wireless providers in Europe, who intend to supply multilingual services to users. Presumably, the right roaming plan would give you access to them. Among them was a translation service. Anyway, I would have been quite happy with the device referenced in the following post, even at 9.6 Kbps (CDPD) speed. I might add, that even up here in Vancouver, where Mobitex (~4 Kbps) is the best we have at present, simple access to stock trading and news releases could probably pay for such a device in a year. JM2C, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In an attempt to dispel some of the doom and gloom around these parts I would like to offer my glowing review of AT&T PocketNet services. Further I would speculate that perhaps this is why Sprint is losing wireless customers. Here goes: I purchased one of the Ericsson R280LX phones a couple of months ago and IMHO this is what universal connectivity is all about. Having used the phone in several left coast cities I can say the speed and more importantly the range of services offered for free is AWESOME. First of all, the Yellow and White pages alone would be worth the price of admission. The "killer app" on this thing is the ability to get driving directions from MapQuest. Using endpoints consisting of address, zipcode, or by selecting business name you receive excellent directions between two points. OBTW an excellent addition to this service would be offering the option of providing return directions after receiving the first set. Since the way back is often different including this feature would be "no-brainer." Okay you say, what else is available? Stock quotes including a way to set up a portfolio, ATM finder, business brand finder, news, sports, weather, etc. This is really a must have for any business traveler or anyone who appreciates making their life more manageable. I can't believe that AT&T isn't crowing from every rooftop about this service. Hey, if you are so inclined you can even send and receive email or have your email routed to the phone. If you don't have one of these phones, run don't walk to your nearest AT&T store and buy one, NOW. Message 14422174