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To: yard_man who wrote (71373)	2/23/2001 10:41:00 PM
From: marginmike	Respond to of 436258

True, except they have the only real 2.5 solution that works. 128K Modem speeds via wireless is a usefull app, as is GPS. Qcom offers the only 2G upgrade that is affordible, and performs adequatly. They also have a multimode chip that will allow worldwide roaming from diferent system's.

To: yard_man who wrote (71373)	2/24/2001 2:09:33 AM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<<Phones and palm type stuff? sure -- all the other premium services they are dreaming up won't happen with the next generation. It'll be a bust>> Yep. I see that Metricom today formally told its contractor to stop work on their 128k wireless Internet buildout. So that story is over. I read they have like 12,000 customers total, spread over like 6 metropolitan areas. That's way less than one customer per poletop transceiver. I had the service for 2 months, but $80/month just to surf the web from my local espresso bar simply wasn't worth it. Geez, that's 25 lattes. If wireless internet isn't even a viable business model for notebooks, I just can't see how anybody thinks phones are going to make it. biz.yahoo.com