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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (9919)	12/24/2000 4:18:32 AM
From: Lance Bredvold	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Ray; Well I just learned that one should not go to a reference work to check the spelling of cynicism at the conclusion of typing a long interesting response to your post. Your adjectives were fun. Did you wish to tell me whether you disbelieve the claims that operators in Korea are currently providing 64kbps services in Korea (in light of your suggestion that such rates will be unlikely even after 3G is available some places in over a year)? Or was that the point of your allusions to cons and mice? I well understand that you feel a lot of claims for the future are overdone and several authorities as knowledgeable as Jorme Olila seem to confirm that you are correct at least so far as the GSM coalition's propaganda about the 3G they are working upon. However, my point was that your statement was overly cynical unless you disbelieve the existence of IS95 B or the claims made in its name. Prove it? No, I can't conveniently prove what you ask. There is too much data which I would have to guess at and approximate to come to meaningful conclusions. The easier way is to note what is working now, assume some reasonable improvement is possible and use that as a floor for assumptions about what is becoming possible. I don't suggest that wireless will replace landline. It doesn't need to as it has its own value which is not high volume applications IMO. But packet data and access to the internet are valuable in much smaller volumes than movie length. It's too late to recreate my post but I recall that it ended: best regards, Lance (sewing up the wounds)