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To: surfbaron who wrote (123120)	8/13/2002 9:55:06 AM
From: limtex	Respond to of 152472

subf Not surprisingly, T-Mobile, a business unit of Deutsche Telekom, is making the same mistake with its other U.S.-based high-speed wireless network: VoiceStream's high-speed data network based on the GPRS cellular telephone data standard. This service, called the T-Mobile Internet Service Plan, starts at $19.95 per month for up to 5 megabytes of data transferred, $5 for each additional megabyte. VoiceStream's high-end service is $59.99 per month for up to 20 megabytes of information transferred, $4 for each additional megabyte — or $32 to download that copy of Netscape. Pricing like this will prevent high-speed wireless services from ever catching on with the American public. How much does PCS charge compared to this? archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com Best, L

To: surfbaron who wrote (123120)	8/13/2002 10:44:11 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Re : the author of the Wi-Fi / Seattle Times piece ("Simson L. Garfinkel is a freelance tech writer based in New England.") If this Simson L. Garfinkel is the same person as Simson Garfinkel, well ... Simson Garfinkel wrote the following on page 40 of the September 2002 issue of Wired magazine : "Known as 2.5G, GPRS is likely to be the closest Americans come to the promised 3G mobile phone system for a long, long time." As I often find myself saying : this person is either a liar, stupid, or a paid agent of the anti-CDMA crowd. (Or, some combination of all three). Jon.