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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (18668)	1/31/2002 5:11:58 PM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197155

Getting To Know Your 3G wireless.newsfactor.com By Jim Wagner January 31, 2002 Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have been making the most noise lately with their 3G rollouts. So far, AT&T Wireless holds the edge when it comes to 3G, though both have lots of room for improvement. [snip] The Top 4 3G players and their rollout dates: No. 1: Verizon Wireless CDMA2000 1X (launched this week to select markets) No. 2: Cingular Wireless (a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth GSM, GPRS, EDGE (tentative 2004 date) No. 3: AT&T Wireless GPRS (launched last year in select markets) No. 4: Sprint PCS CDMA2000 1X (mid-2002) Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have been making the most noise lately in their 3G rollouts, and so far AT&T Wireless holds the edge when it comes to 3G, though both have lots of room for improvement. [snip] Not Technically 3G Shauna Smith, a wireless industry analyst with ARS Inc., said the Verizon Wireless launch this week was a disappointment for the industry and users looking to capitalize on 3G. "(Verizon Wireless officials) say the maximum speeds that they provide are 144 Kbps, but actual speeds are 40 to 60 Kbps, which really qualifies it as a 2.5G technology, but it is not technically 3G yet," she said. "What we're looking for in 3G is speeds around 2 Mbps, but we won't see that kind of speed until 2003 or 2004 before we starting touching (that speed). "Yeah, it's the first CDMA2000 1XRTT launch, and it's competing with the GPRS launch that AT&T Wireless is using," Smith continued, "but AT&T is launching it to a wider audience and the fact that (users) can use a cell phone is pretty significant and right now that's what people are looking for. Users aren't going to log on to this with their laptops right now at these speeds." [ snip] ---- Article lists AT&T's GPRS as 3G. You knew that was coming. GPRS is 3G and 1XRTT is not real 3G. - DPR

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (18668)	1/31/2002 6:02:18 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 197155

Dennis, Our municipal elections in late 2000 were conducted with such voting machines. The ballots, 10" x 14" sheets were marked with pencils and feed into an optical reader about the size of a fax. A ballot box was attached to the bottom of the machine so the ballots were never seen by another party. Each machine had a QCP 2700 strapped to it's side. At the close of the polls the phone automatically transmitted the results to a central computer. A far as I could tell everything worked great and the local media declared those elected within half an hour of the close. Then again, given the exploits of our Aging Mayor, maybe pregnant and hanging chads could of saved us! web.archive.org