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To: quartersawyer who wrote (11903)	5/24/2001 10:41:16 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

chapq: Which supplier will push EDGE? Why? Now that AT&T is not in line as a customer, who is? Stalling, i.e. EDGE (which is a dead end) seems to be like a bit like Lazarus, awakening from the dead (perhaps). But would Nokia wish EDGE to be another "opportunity", i.e. phone sales for no real gain for the consumer, but profit? Seems like getting GPRS to work and UMTS off the runway are Nokia's priorities. Why would EDGE be one? Best. Chaz

To: quartersawyer who wrote (11903)	5/24/2001 11:19:10 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

chapq, << Even with Verizon's 2G network in what the mapmakers call the Northeast megalopolis, every decent rural creek carves out enough of the ancient range to make voice communication like digging for the prize in the Cracker Jacks. >> Verizon has the best coverage of any carrier in the US. << A hundred feet of terminal moraine can snuff a call in some areas that I travel, but at least I can just call back. I wonder what happens to data when the signal gets rough. >> The rural, and real rural coverage is because of their 1G network NOT their 2G network. << If a WCDMA network from scratch needs a million smart antennae and a big bolus of new spectrum, "3GSM" in the US may be a condition that makes EDGE look good because it's less obviously painful. >> AWS will wind up having the largest nation wide WCDMA network in US, but it will layer out from the metro to suburbs to the sticks with WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS. They'll abandon TDMA. It will all take some time. Meantime their are huge gaps of coverage for everyone in the USA. for that ... Go Globalstar. - Eric -