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To: Keith Feral who wrote (17992)	1/10/2002 1:40:21 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197214

The possiblity of making a Direct Connect conversation between Boston and Beijing is patently ridiculous, based on currnet telcom regulations. I dont know about the telecom regulations but the time difference alone would make this a very limited market. I didnt know that Nextel had spectrum in China. The scenario I was hoping for (and really still expect) is Unicom rolling out Qchat on their CDMA network. This would be a tangible benefit that they could tout for high-end users. Forget Boston to Beijing....Beijing to Beijing is where the money is at. Slacker

To: Keith Feral who wrote (17992)	1/10/2002 1:46:48 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197214

Keith: You were doing great until your last sentence IMO (Just IMO of course) viz "The possiblity of making a Direct Connect conversation between Boston and Beijing is patently ridiculous, based on currnet telcom regulations." Again as the old phrase goes "you may be right", which means that you may also be wrong. In any event, Dr J looks ahead. He finds possibilities where others have found absurdities in the past -- such as accusations of absurdity because CDMA violated the laws of physics and could not work. While bureaucratic and political hurdles may exist at this point as you say, I would suggest that perhaps, just perhaps what you consider "patently ridiculous" will happen in the real world, but will require time, effort and skill to achieve - and perhaps most hard to imagine, some government to government flexibility. Best Chaz