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To: slacker711 who wrote (84809)	10/25/2000 11:02:45 PM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Plastic is made from patroleum, no? Factories use electricity, those prices were up 30% in San Diego this year. Employment benefits relating to health care and salary are increasing. As well as shipping, etc etc. The increased capacity from over investement will cause to much competition and decreasing prices as well. Denial is wonderfull, but reality still is reality. Ask somebody who runs a biz if margins arnt getting squezed

To: slacker711 who wrote (84809)	10/25/2000 11:30:23 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Respond to of 152472

...Oil will have an impact on the economy in terms of the cost of shipping, travel, and heating your home....but the direct impact on high-tech is small. ... That depends on whether the high tech consumer demand is the last discretionary purchase or a perceived semi-necessity. Every dollar of additional heating cost is a dollar that is removed from the rest of consumer spending, taken from the least intense desires first. Regards, Don

To: slacker711 who wrote (84809)	10/26/2000 12:27:27 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 152472

More info. from India.....talks about WLL (CDMA) possibly wiping out GSM cellular. The government is attempting to level the playing field. 203.197.64.220:90/Scripts/ettimes_ks.exe?method=mainContentFrame&docid=90877&links=MOBIL&database=0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eeconomictimes%2Ecom%2Ftoday%2F16tech01%2Ehtm&title=Oct%2016%202000%20TECHNOLOGY%20You%20can%92t%20be%20cellfish%2C%20what%20ever%20WLL%20be%2C%20will%20be%20&attachto=names=EconomicTimes&showType=HTML&autoSuggest=ON&checksum=&fieldStr=&fieldBool= You can’t be cellfish, what ever WLL be, will be Kalyan Parbat CALCUTTA THE CELLULAR market is exploding but there’s a hint of panic in private operator circles who see trouble ahead. Double trouble really, in the guise of a fixed-line operator also offering `limited mobility’, courtesy WLL (wireless in local loop) technology. Since the technology allows it, cellular operators believe the day isn’t far when basic telecom service providers of every shade will be allowed to offer restricted mobility, and in turn, grab a sizeable chunk of the cellular cake. More so, with the newly-christened Bharat Sanchar Nigam planning to roll out an `economy version’ of cellular services for the masses across India. In that case, a fixed-line BSNL subscriber will enjoy limited mobility of two-three km around his exchange at local call charges. Such a service, which will deploy WLL technology, is likely to galvanise market response and pose a serious threat to the long-term economic viability of standard GSM-based cellular networks. Notably, the cost of rolling out a WLL-enabled network is half that of its cellular counterpart as wireless-in-local loop technology dispenses with the traditional basic operator’s last-mile connectivity requirement between the telephone exchange and customer premise. Not only do customers of such a WLL-enabled basic service enjoy `limited mobility’, they pay only local call tariffs. A phenomenon that could literally sound the death knell on the cellular industry that will find it impossible to match such tariffs. The cellular industry is aware that the emergence of such `new age’ basic operators could eventually run them out of business. Hence, the clamour for a levelplaying field. Bigwigs in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have taken cognizance to the looming threat and sought recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Indications are that all fixedline service providers planning to offer `limited mobility through the WLL route’ may be asked to shell out an additional licence fee, top sources told ET. There is no confirmation on the possible size of such licence fee, but it is learnt that `computation of such a levy’ is part of the Trai mandate for establishing a level-playing field in the cellular realm. Trai’s mandate involves working out a compensation package for the cellular industry, should all fixed-line providers be allowed to offer `a defacto WLL-enabled mobile service’. Accordingly, the Trai will also consider the possibility of `an inter-cell handover’, which can give the fixed-phone subscriber the complete mobile advantage of a cellular service at local call tariffs. Such `inter-cell handover’ in the WLL realm is currently not allowed by the government. Should `inter-cell handover be permitted, a basic subscriber with a WLL connection will no longer be restricted to a 2 km radius around his exchange (read: cell). He will enjoy a virtual mobile experience as the WLL phone, like a cellular handset, may be activated at multiple points within a telecom circle depending on the number of WLL-enabled cells available within the network.