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To: rf_hombre who wrote (8511)	12/12/2000 3:12:31 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

GSM "spare" slots and the half rate voice coder gives some nice flexibility for noncritical GRPS packets. That is, the time slots which are left unused when a speaker doesn't speak, at least every other slot is left unused. (probably originally just to save battery) I would also assume one still can make HSCSD switched circuit data calls using 2 or 4 time slots, paying more than for a regular voice call per minute, thus taking care of those who need faster, guaranteed responses if GPRS data is slow. Ilmarinen