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To: Eric L who wrote (8413)	3/10/2001 6:24:36 PM
From: foundation	Respond to of 197241

Unlikely, but one can dream. <g> ---------- Eric, Are you speaking of gprs? 12kbs is "a more realistic number for reliable data transmission, and at this speed, provides a more reasonable battery life for GPRS phones" according to "a number of testing houses" working with gprs in Europe. There is much smoke swirling around gprs, and in my view, you've inhaled. "..Speed of the networks are not as much the issue as what the networks permit users to do with data, what they can gain access to and how valuable that access is to them.." And money isn't important if you've got it. Speed will define what services networks can offer users. GPRS services will be correspondingly stunted and disappointing to consumers (primed on 117kbs fantasies, and cognizant of options in Asia and elsewhere). Why not tell us of imminent ISDN speeds for gprs one more time? I find it quite the giggle - especially as evidence mounts daily that matching 95A's 14.4kbs may be a stretch. Or perhaps it's time to explain again why speed really doesn't matter anyway? You've absorbed the gprs salesman's pitch - you repeat it often as gospel. Fine and dandy. Time will tell. ben