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To: Dave who wrote (10689)	4/16/2001 10:03:52 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Dave, I am not absolutely sure, but i believe that QCOM's Snap Track is turned OFF unless the customer decides to turn it on ot perhaps dials 911 and turns it on. Network location is a violation of personal privacy which I find highly objectionable. If this turns out to be the case, I will drop Verizon for Sprint in a New York second and IO am sure that there are many others that feel the same way.

To: Dave who wrote (10689)	4/16/2001 10:13:29 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Dave, Snap Track somehow overcomes the typical time delay GPS normally exhibits. I suspect this is done by using network features to pick a starting point location and then using the GPS feature to refine the location -- thus avoiding much of the iterative calculation in plain GPS. While network location may be of some utility today due to the installed base of phones not having snap track, that advantage will decay rapidly due to churn. At that point, I suspect that Verizon will choose to change over to Snap Track unless it has continued to purchase high volumes of phones using those unfortunately defective NOK ASICS.