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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: quartersawyer who wrote (30737)	1/5/2003 10:40:28 AM
From: LarsA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196605

chapq "When does the GSM network in the US get low enough in capacity" - I don't know, but so far, according to Consumer Reports latest issue, just out, Sprint ends up last compared to the others in the six markets: Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Wash DC, NYC. Service issues studied: no service, dropped calls, static, circuits full. Sprint is consistently worst in the category "dropped calls", doesn't end up best in any category (except for a tie with Verizon for "circuits full" in SF) - contrary to the gospel. In my humble opinion there is much more than the technology choice in play here. Engineer wrote "they could turn AWE into a CDMA house and actually get it functioning again as a real carrier instead of just a good advertising sucker bet house" - and as much as I respect his experience I can't understand what he's talking about. ATT ended up second after Verizon in over all performance. And in my own opinion, nowadays, also has an excellent digital coverage around the country. All this is of course before At&T goes "all GSM" - I'm sure it'll be downhill from here -NOT ;-) I own some QCOM as well as some NOK...