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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (129217)	5/23/2003 1:17:46 PM
From: Whatnot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

John, Throwing out Vesper to my Ricochet is fair but silly. I can point to many CDMA operators making real money while I doubt you can point to a single Wi-Fi network operator making any money. Why is that important? Well, if the operators cannot make money then eventually the equipment providers will have no-one to sell to. Again, I am not arguing that Wi-Fi is not good and compelling technology, but I see it in the same light as many other technologies that promised so much but in the end turned out to be fairly ordinary. I am a metrics guy. Show me the numbers and I will start to believe, but everything in your post sounds more anecdotal then empirical. "The technology is a winner. It just hasn't won yet" What does that mean?

To: Stock Farmer who wrote (129217)	5/23/2003 1:43:57 PM
From: Whatnot	Respond to of 152472

John, here is an answer to your "loss leader" comment from the horses mouth, as it were. "NEW YORK - The challenge facing companies in the wireless technology industry is to stop talking about whiz-bang future offerings and start generating cash, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Zeglis said Thursday during a keynote presentation opening the Global Wireless Summit conference in New York." Does not look like he is planning GIVE IT AWAY as you stated so emphatically.