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To: Neeka who wrote (5588)	1/1/2003 3:49:41 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 12229

CDMA cuts out country copper Michael Sainsbury DECEMBER 30, 2002 IN a big change to its network strategy, Telstra will start using its CDMA mobile phone network for permanent local line connections – paving the way for possible replacement of copper wires with mobile technology in regional Australia. The first deployment of the new service, known as WLL CDMA, or wireless local loop code division multiple access, will replace existing radio services in remote areas of Queensland and NSW from January. But it is the longer-term implications of the move that will be pertinent to Telstra's bottom line. Telstra has long complained of the expense of building and maintaining its customer access - or copper wire - network in regional areas. Provision of these services, involving ditch digging and cable rolling, can cost tens of thousands of dollars for a single connection, compared to $1500 or so to deploy a CDMA wireless local loop service. The difference in maintenance cost is believed to be even more marked. ADVERTISEMENT Wireless local loop services are now preferred to more expensive fixed line services in countries such as India, where there is a low density of telephone services. Telstra Countrywide spokesman Chris Zipf said that initially, the WLL technology would be deployed in rural and remote Australia, particularly in extended zones - parts of Australia too remote for copper wires. At present these areas use existing radio technology, called digital radio concentrator systems (DRCS), but the new service will provide Telstra with cost savings. Mr Zipf said: "DRCS is microwave radio technology used to provide voice services to customers located in areas too sparse for the use of copper cables. The technology uses chains of radio towers or masts to pass radio signals to a radio structure installed on a customer's property." CDMA WLL could now match the requirements of a standard telephone service, Mr Zipf said. It would also provide features such as call waiting and calling number display, which were not available with DRCS. The telecommunications giant has undertaken three trials of WLL technology with its equipment supplier, Nortel Networks, on King Island in Bass Strait and in Toowoomba and Minto in Queensland, over the past six months. Telstra also has the option to provide faster data services over CDMA after the recent launch of a high speed upgrade to its network called 1xRTT. Telstra touts the service as a junior third-generation mobile technology which will provide data speeds about as fast as a normal 56Kb per second fixed line modem. australianit.news.com.au

To: Neeka who wrote (5588)	1/1/2003 10:19:36 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 12229

<So computers can find us thanks to the Search button> Hello M. And that's looking everywhere. By looking only in a "People Index" bunch of servers, they'd find anyone in a fraction of a second and hand the list to you to choose the one you want [middle names, locations, companies and other identifiers would narrow the field dramatically for even the John Smiths and Keith Wongs. Once they have selected the right name, they click "Call" and the call goes through [or voice email or email or video clip or whatever]. So that people don't get a bunch of junk spam phone calls and wackoes, callers have to deposit $1 with the recipient before the call is put through. If the person being called accepts the call after inspecting the caller identifier, the $1 is credited back to the caller. If the person being called hits the "spammer" key, the $1 is forfeited to the person called and the caller is registered as being a pestilent caller. When registered 10 times as being pestilent, the caller is debited $100 and their phone connection cancelled. Okay, there might be a bit of fine tuning and a few legalisms needed to allow for wrong numbers, misunderstandings and that plenty of people being called legitimately would be malicious. But it seems easy enough to me. As usual, I understand that software engineers would curse ignorant fools saying things like, "Yeah, 3G CDMA's easy - just string a few Fourier transforms togther and box it up in a bit of plastic. Now hop to it." With the processing power, memory and ubiquity of cyberspace it looks a doddle to me. I suppose I should start the business and become a billionaire. Mqurice PS: I googled you and found you are the only Moenmac around. I have been displaced to number 2 already in Google.