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To: elmatador who wrote (9650)	12/11/2000 5:04:52 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

elmatador- No. Not really. The Japanese cars were considered a joke right up until the long gas lines in the early 70's. Before that it was pure, 100% head to head, good old American competition(except for the brief Chrylser period). Albeit, the Japanese have now made our cars better, but they were affordable, 20 manhour cars, pre-Japan compacts. Wireless Eurovendors are already forcing US into major change. ATT Wireless committing to GSM with NTT DoCoMo kicking in $10 billion to help. Who says telco spending is dying? -MikeM(From Florida)

To: elmatador who wrote (9650)	12/12/2000 7:32:04 AM
From: justone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

elmatador: I'm amused at the idea that Eurovendors (Erriccson / Nokia?) will 'force' US telecomes to shape up. For all the battle noise over standards, CDMA vs. TDMA vs. EuroTDMA (a.k.a. GSM), frequency bands, and SS7 protocols, technology is moot as a defining issue. Multi mode multi band handsets annihilate the technical problem of access. We have had IS41 to GSM protocol converters for years. And without trying to offend anyone, there are not really any major technical advantages to IS41 or GSM, or even, the xDMAs. I think the only remaining issue over here is coverage (well, that and that minor issue of funding). While we could put antenna's in Churches (as you note was popular in Europe), that only gives local coverage to an area that already has nice wireline access- remember that 98% of americans have at least one phone. What I use a cellphone for is travel, usually by car or on a business trip, and I'm limited by coverage. For information on our quaint laws in the US and the belief in medical problems from RF 'pollution' see: plannersweb.com wave-guide.org You think punch card ballots are a problem- try putting a tower in my back yard! I'll never sell my house. Birds will crash into it if they don't light it. It will annoy me if they do light it! My kids will glow in the dark! Hey, maybe the EuroVendors will invent a RF frequency that destroys only lawyers? So I don't see how a Eurovendor can make NIMBY go away. Our population density precludes a fast rollout The reason I'm keeping my quite acceptable analog phone is coverage; analog has better coverage than digital. Until digital has acceptable coverage, I don't see any reason to use it. Coverage is increasing in the US, but slowly. Wireless in the US is still a growth area, but it won't be explosive. As for wireless cellular data- 90% of what you hear is hype. Outside of short messaging, a very old GSM and IS41 feature, I don't see a lot of growth in cellular data access (WI-FI is an entirely different story). Do you think wireless cellular data will take off in Europe?