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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (141015)	1/11/2006 4:40:25 PM
From: Peter Sherman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

FWIW...I own and have used a Globalstar phone since the beginning. I was the 26th subscriber to the service. $1,500 bucks for the phone. The problem, dear Maurice, is NOT in the pricing. The problems are two: 1 - The phone stinks 2 - The service is not up to accepted standards I have used in the rural Berkshires. I have used in NYC. I have used it during the Northeast blackouts. I have taken it all over the USA. I even lent it to friends traveling to northern Canada and Central America. The original gun/brick was not up to routine use. Period. Dropped calls constantly and inconsistent service. Terrible battery life. Difficult to fully charge. I think GSTAR would have been better off with the existing satellite system and a MUCH BETTER handset.