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To: fred g who wrote (11762)	10/15/2005 5:27:22 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 46821

Good post, Fred. Thanks. But excoriate George? Forsooth! Actually, my point only peripherally had to do with WiMAX or CDMA, as both of those technologies happen to be the unfortunate, innocent bystanders in my addressing something else. And that is, the contraditions that sometimes exist between his stated philosophical goals and the products and companies he's anointed to ascendancy. Over the years my nit has always been NOT about GG's underlying philosophies and predictions, where I believe quite a few of them, most, are actually sound, if not sometimes into the distant future. Rather, with some of the contradictions found in the technologies supported by his "picks" against the backdrop of his stated philosophies. How, for example, does he reconcile supporting a black coaxial cable optimizer like Terayon (when that was all they did -- I suppose it's because of the CDMA in S-CDMA it employs, but I could never figure why that should make a difference when it was just prolonging the life of a dying technology when used sans HFC) with one of his exquisitely done papers, like The Fibersphere, which tends to eschew copper media of all types? I actually miss the give and take with him and Swanson, after being a member of the GTF for some four or five years. Maybe someday I'll return there, just to see what's up. FAC ps - BTW, I'm puzzled over the lack of responses to my IMS posts both here and elsewhere. Any idea why? I strongly commend the Moriana reports cited in my previous post to anyone wishing to gain a fuller appreciation of just how far IMS has evolved.

To: fred g who wrote (11762)	10/15/2005 9:01:33 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 46821

Wireless Modem Cards from Dell << You get your CDMA data cards from CDMA carriers, not Dell -- too few of Dell's customers would want them. >> Or you get em from Dell. Same with EDGE cards. Soon with UMTS cards. Go configure a Latitude Dxxx. Add the Sony Ericsson GC83 Tri-Band EDGE PC Card for Cingular Service or the Verizon Wireless V620 EVDO PC Card for BroadbandAccess service. Add a Bluetooth module while you are at it. Dell will be stocking UMTS WEDGE cards upgradable to HSDPA shortly after the expanded Cingular launch in early November. - Eric -

To: fred g who wrote (11762)	10/16/2005 12:57:24 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Respond to of 46821

Hi Fred, >>What I haven't seen is a bake-off between WiMAX and CDMA, using the same parameters. Computer nerds are used to benchmarks, wherein some publisher can compare the Frames per Second count between the latest ATI and nVidia cards running Serious Sam. Just swap the card and run the test. But WiMAX and CDMA are run under different licensing regimes, so it's not just a simple card swap. I suppose you could use WiMAX technology on a PCS frequency more often used for CDMA or GSM, but who's going to waste that kind of spectrum to run benchmarks?<< It is a little early for such benchmarks, as 802.16e is in D9 and counting wirelessman.org and after the drafts are done, the WiMAX Forum has to pick profiles to be tested, no doubt aware of 3G offerings... petere