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To: John Biddle who wrote (4747)	11/18/2000 8:56:10 PM
From: voop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196842

maybe they would cost significantly more until volume adoption and advantages can not be implemented until a system is in place? I understood that Korea SK Telecom 1x rollout is capacity limited by not having enough 1X handsets. Just my WAG Voop

To: John Biddle who wrote (4747)	11/18/2000 10:38:41 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196842

Speed Kills..............eom.

To: John Biddle who wrote (4747)	11/19/2000 9:21:22 AM
From: marketing1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196842

<Yes, it all fits together well, and is therefore probably true. However, I still don't understand why, if 1x chips are available now, and are pin compatible with previous versions making it possible to get them to market quickly, the carriers won't sell them until they start putting in infrastructure.> If Sprint uses CDMA one chips in phones for this holiday season buying, then Sprint will probably sell more CDMA 1x phones for the holidays of ’01. Some people will replace phones sooner to get the latest technology, and therefore Sprint stands to increase their yearly replacement rate %. I don’t like it. I am an eternal child in a 50+ body who loves new toys AND CHRISTMAS IS COMING !!!!!!!! Maybe I’ll stamp my feet and go buy one of those Ricochet things for me for Christmas ricochet.com to “vote” my discontent. Regards, Marketing@inmyworldthat’showthegameisplayed.com Edit - I just went and really checked out the ricochet website for the first time and found out that coverage is not available in my area. THIS IS REALLY FRUSTRATING!

To: John Biddle who wrote (4747)	11/19/2000 10:10:11 AM
From: Randall Knight	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196842

I can certainly see not advertising the 1x capabilities of the handsets at this point, but don't see why they shouldn't sell them. I must be missing something. Any ideas? Anecdotal evidence from the Michigan area would suggest that the wireless carriers are focusing on out-pricing each other for Christmas. Some of the deals Verizon and Sprint are offering are amazing. 1800 minutes (300 weekday and 1500 night and weekend) with no long distance for $29.95. 3600 minutes for $49.95. It appears the plan is to sell the crap out of their service with as low a price as possible. They build their customer base and then migrate those customers over to more expensive services and handsets when they are available. You don't talk about future services that may be offered and thereby encourage people to wait to buy. It is getting very interesting. For 100 bucks, you could have two wireless phones with a total of 7200 minutes of use. That is 5 days worth of yaking. I doubt that the TDMA and GSM carriers will be able to keep up with this pricing scheme.I'm beginning to get a little worried about LWIN with this kind of aggressive pricing. Of course, LWIN's service isn't limited to the time of day.