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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36097)	7/14/2003 6:41:50 PM
From: Jim H	Respond to of 74559

Maurice, AMEN!!! Jim

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36097)	7/15/2003 9:10:56 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36097)	7/16/2003 2:56:58 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Elmat deploys more CDMA star-techcentral.com AtlasONE preps wireless broadband plans for consumers By CHAN LEE MENG KUALA LUMPUR: AtlasONE Malaysia Sdn Bhd (www.atlasone.net), a broadband service provider, has confirmed that it would roll out wireless broadband services for consumers in the Klang Valley. Its chairman Mohammad Badry Hanafi Atlas said the service, which works much like a cellphone within a cellular network, will be available in September. Users would be provided with wireless receivers, and the data would be transmitted on the 2.5GHz spectrum from base stations. The company is using a digital wireless technology called TDD/ CDMA (Time Division Duplex CDMA), a variant of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) currently used in some 3G networks. The wireless receivers, which are about the size of a personal digital assistant or PDA, are connected to PCs via its USB ports. The company will also offer a PC card (PCMCIA card) wireless receiver when the service is launched. While the service would be targeted at residential users, it would also be a boon to travellers and highly mobile users, Mohammad told In.Tech last week. For example, if a travelling salesman’s territory covers the whole of Klang Valley, he would be able to access the wireless broadband service at all locations covered by AtlasONE, according to Mohammad. AtlasONE chief executive officer Abdul Karim Abdul Sallam said the company’s solution offers better coverage than WiFi because it has a maximum range of around three to five kilometres, compared to WiFi’s maximum range of one to 1.5km. AtlasONE will set up 65 base stations initially in the Klang Valley, with plans to increase the total to 100 by year-end, he said. The company also plans to expand its wireless broadband services to the rest of Malaysia by the end of next year. “By the year 2004, Malaysia will enjoy the 2.5GHz broadband services anywhere anytime,” Mohammad said. However, AtlasONE still would not provide any details on rates and equipment costs; Mohammad would only say that the service would be “competitive and affordable.” The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) recently announced that it awarded three blocks each of the multimedia multipoint distribution service (MMDS) spectrum to AtlasONE, and to TT Dotcom Sdn Bhd, a unit of local telco Time Dotcom Bhd (see In.Tech, July 8). AtlasONE currently has a 45 Mbps connection (T-3 line) to the rest of the Internet and will upgrade its capacity later this year, said Abdul Karim. The company already offers wireless broadband services to Klang Valley corporate customers, but its current solution utilises the 3.5GHz spectrum. AtlasONE’s technology partner is Thales Multimedia & Broadcast SA., a French broadcast products and systems supplier.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36097)	7/16/2003 3:51:25 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

booze, baccy A good post but I believe you are wrong on that point. Nearly everyone smoked tobacco, and you are the only country allowed to distill your own spirits, so I think a little alcohol was consumed too. The other point is house prices reflected what a single wage would be earning. O.K. prices were a little outside a normal working persons buying range, but it wasn't like today where a normal house can only be bought with two normal working wages and then some. I'm referring to the UK, but I expect NZ is the same as the USA and elsewhere house price wise. To be honest, I do not have much data on "then" and "now". The "old days" were always full of the desperate plight of poor people, and the awful housing conditions they endured. It would be interesting to see how the real dollar earning distribution has changed over the years for the population of each country vs property prices. I certainly don't understand why the teenagers from the poorest part of town feel it's mandatory to own a mobile phone, and the very latest model at that. Maybe if my miners turn into ten baggers, I may actually buy one.... Nah. Currently the family has several mobiles that are cast-offs from their friends upgrading. Almost brand new sets which work perfectly. They are used infrequently of course, on the orders from the leading household Aztec, because they are so much more expensive to use then land lines. A factor of ten or more usually (here in the UK). You might be onto a good thing with the Q though, in the longer term.. finance.yahoo.com