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To: Bubba who wrote (3016)	11/4/1997 1:22:00 PM
From: Al Gutkin	Respond to of 10227

Bub: You're the greatest! Back to work, she's looking in my office. How do you guys get away with this during the day? I'm self employed and get dirty looks from people that I am paying. Al

To: Bubba who wrote (3016)	11/4/1997 1:27:00 PM
From: Rono	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10227

Bub, one of these future features is a two-lined phone (although I don't think it has anything to do with continous spectrum). Also, Nextel is working towards dispatch capabilities bewteen home bases. No commitment from Nextel when this will be available. Best guess is 12-18 months. Was anybody at the stockholders meeting earlier this year? Did McCaw gaze into his crystal ball and reveal Nextel's vision of business communications in 2000 and beyond? wonderbread

To: Bubba who wrote (3016)	11/4/1997 6:40:00 PM
From: Tavros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Bubba, Again I am not a techie, but my understanding is that the objective of the whole exercise IS ABOUT GETTING CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM. Eventhough the iDEN system is designed to work on non-continuous spectrum, it becomes much more efficient (i.e., it can broadcast more calls out of the same spectrum) if it operates on continuous spectrum. The reason, I was told, is that, in the non-continuous spectrum, part of it is utilized for "overhead", that is information regarding the channels, "insulation" and staff like this . The more continuity, the less the need to occupy spectrum for "overhead" and the more the capacity to trasmit money making calls. Of course, as you point out, the additional benefit is flexibility regarding the choice of technology down the road. Again, other techie opinions are welcome. Tavros