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To: S100 who wrote (114138)	2/23/2002 3:20:21 PM
From: drew_m	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Review of a Compaq Ipaq (PDA) using Sierra Aircard 555 for Voice and Data on VZ's Express Network. Data Speeds Peaked at 89k. davescompaqipaq.com I do like how the card allowed the user to have both data and voice from the IPAQ... I like this part of the review.... The network is extremely reliable and still have not had any downtime while using the card. The phone portion of the card is the most exciting part of this card. Hands down this card delivers a one - two punch for clarity and quality of voice. I have used this in my car in the house and you cannot tell the difference from a normal cellphone to the iPAQ. Good Stuff.. Drew

To: S100 who wrote (114138)	2/23/2002 7:14:38 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

BTW, ultrawide band has been around for years. What I saw of the aps year ago it is somewhat limited and short range I haven't followed the technology closely, except that my understanding is it is really best for very short range such as around an office or house, close range mobile anti collision detection, etc. It just isn't the technology for broadcast, or for cell phone networks. Google has recently put online (all?) the Deja News archives, going back to at least 1990 timeframe. You can find discussions on UWB (as well as very early and confident "it'll never work" discussions on CDMA by the "experts" :-) Deja never seemed to have enough storage to keep all the archives, so they kept moving earlier stuff offline, now that Google has made it available, it's a great resource.

To: S100 who wrote (114138)	2/23/2002 10:38:28 PM
From: Keith Feral	Respond to of 152472

Commoditizing wireless? Wireless will be the most significant development of this century. Wireless services will put stand-alone long distance companies, dsl providers, & dial up isp providers out of business in the next 5 years. I won't be using any dial up services in 6 to 12 months, except for cable. That may be out the door in 24 months with 1xEV DO wireless cable. The reason that Verizon, Bell South, and SBC won't take any additional debt to consolidate the industry is that they completely dominate the fiber and spectrum. They dominate the resources they need to control all communications. They are pulling the plug on all liquidity within telecom to drive out the Enron style trading partners that have cannibalized the pricing structure of telecom. The Baby Bell companies are shifting from local phone companies to local, long distance, and wireless mega providers. Now that they control all of the communication services in their respective regions, telecom will return to it's natural position as an oligopoly in the US. We are quickly seeing all the second and third tier companies completely disappear with no resistance. I think the key reason that the trading companies in telecom can no longer maintain an adequate facade is they cannot gain access to wireless spectrum. Without these revenues, their financial models have become worthless. Free market policy is demolishing the telecom players that never should have been there in the first place. Government policies irrationally directed Baby Bells to sell excess capacity to smaller telecom companies. Now that capital support has been withdrawn for these Enron style trading practices, no one is going to provide liquidity for Baby Bell wannabes. The industry realizes that the excess resources that have committed to concepts like reselling communications will be wiped out. The death of competition within the trading markets for energy and telecom provides the base for long term economic improvements. Of course, the market has probably not quite squeezed all the weak players out of either industry yet. 12 months from now, we will be complaining as consumers as the prices for utility and communication services begin to rise. One thing is for certain. In the new era of 3G voice and data, the telecom companies will learn how to charge for data. However, the new charges will be realized from the shitft in ISP bills like AOL being shifted to your phone bill. I would be very happy to pay a single fee for my voice and data services going through the same networks. It would save me the hassle of paying extra taxes, 911 fees, and all the other hidden fees on our phone bills. I think that 3G will have a much quicker impact on communications than most think as consumers consolidate all of their wireless & wireline communications onto a single high speed voice and data account. The constraints of spectrum will certainly block any access for "trading companies" to buy and sell wireless capacity for profit. They are finally out of their league.