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To: P2V who wrote (6656)	4/13/2001 8:27:13 PM
From: hx4	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

I know its not China but read why the webster is too busy -- second paragraph. gatewaytonewfoundland.com Isn't that the second area in Newfoundland? Take care Harry

To: P2V who wrote (6656)	4/13/2001 11:30:50 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16863

Hi, Mardy - "It strikes me that the FCC's rebuffs of Wi-Lan's OFDM in the 2.4 GHZ Band was A MOST FORTUNATE HAPPENING FOR WI-LAN." I wonder. I wonder if the mystery backer of 4GNT didn't back out when it became clearer that there wasn't going to be a quick turnaround on Wi-LAN's FCC appeals. What happened to the WCA? Obviously there was a vigorous plan in place for US expansion - which died a-borning. The site has changed now, but it was evident, to me at least, that something had happened... wirelesscorp.net The Philips home entertainment stuff was going to use the ASIC at 2.4 GHz: what happened to the economies of scale that were predicted for the ASIC, because use of 2.4 GHz was no longer possible? I have always had a suspicion that this decision by the FCC represented a successful lobbying effort by some of Wi-LAN's competitors to erase the advantages of Wi-LAN's lead, and delay the success of the OFDM Forum. I think that if the media who were so eager to trash Wi-LAN had been willing to look a little deeper, do a little research, they would have understood why Wi-LAN was unable to meet its commitments. But I suppose that asking newspapers to research their stories is asking too much. I have held these suspicions despite the fact that there has not been a whisper, not a hint of a complaint by Wi-LAN, on the matter. I have long suspected that last year was a "year from hell" for Wi-LAN, when many ambitious plans were destroyed, at the stroke of a pen. While I've never seen anything to confirm the matter, I've never seen anything to refute the argument, either. If this scenario is true, then your statement Mardy, is doubly true, but it must have been an exercise in corporate stoicism that almost defies belief. It suggests a corporate discipline, and ability to rebound from cataclysmic events, that re-confirms my belief in the company. If my speculation is correct, they have emerged quite well, and are to be applauded. And you are quite right. Best, Jim