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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (99743)	5/23/2001 1:23:52 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

In India the practical speed on a Cybercafe internet connection is less than 10kbps. You can have several sips of Coffee before the screen refreshes with a new web-page. And this access costs $1 an hour. I think a PDA/Phone such as the Palm Phone, with a price tag under $300 will find widespread use. The most common use is email anyway, which can be done with a PDA. Even with IS 95A speed (14.4 kbps) the connection is better than the access at a Cybercafe. And you don't have to worry about power cuts (very common), if the battery has been charged. Arun