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To: DiB who wrote (106285)	10/5/2001 6:43:31 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 152472

To all -- I am giving up, and un-ignoring pcstel. Welcome back to my computer screen. Jon.

To: DiB who wrote (106285)	10/5/2001 7:20:34 PM
From: waverider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Di (with respect of course) I think you are still operating in the "tech-gee-whiz-we-have-money-turn-burn-bubble-days" mode. Do you really think home internet is not a luxury? A lot of working class folks could care less about it and don't have any intention of signing up...especially when they just lost their job. Same goes for wireless voice. Frankly the only reason I have this internet connection is because I still have a little money to play with and I am hooked on talking to people hear. Otherwise...what the hell do I need an internet connection for? Wireless? I just lowered my Verizon phone plan for fewer minutes. The novelty has worn off and frankly I'd rather save the money. The watch words now are get out of debt, save for possible job loss (or worse), cut back on things we thought we needed but Sept. 11th reminded us we really didn't, etc. The way too cool technology I fear will sit on the shelves in times like these...WHEN it ever gets here. I said back in February that 3G stuff wouldn't get around our parts (on a profitable level) until late next year. Got flamed for that. Doesn't seem so unrealistic now. <H> <H>

To: DiB who wrote (106285)	10/5/2001 7:47:21 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

DiB: Agreed! But, you forget to factor out the main variable! Technology. If you look back to 1998.. It was easy to envision the necessity of 3G data speeds. However, Technology does not stand still! And data compression technology has advanced (and will continue to do so) at a blistering pace.. If you thought back in 1998.. Hey, I will want to down load music into my phone to listen too.. Whoa.. A single song in AIFF format is 25 Megabytes. Yeap! I am going to need 3G speeds to download that song. Lets see, at 300kbs that will take 83 seconds.. Today. that 25 MB AIFF file is only 4MB and takes 63 seconds to download at 64kbs. In another 2 years the same song will only be 2 MB in size... Same thing goes for Video... 6 years ago people thought.. Streaming full motion video will be hard to do even at 300kbs... Qualcomm has QTV Software MPEG-4 encoders so that it can be accomplished at much lower rates.. In 2 years... What will the compression technology be? If people today are having a hard time conceiving applications that require 384kbs data rates... They will be even harder pressed to come by, as compression technology continues to advance! If someone came up with an application that required 3G speeds today.. In another 2 years it might only require 64kbs. IMO, PCSTEL