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To: Fledermaus who wrote (198)	12/19/1997 2:26:00 PM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29986

Fledermaus- you are ignoring some important G* advantages. G* should have considerably better reception, particularly indoors. Why? CDMA approach provides multipath reception. I.e., if three birds are in overhead, will get signal from all three. Are you aware that w/out multipath reception, I* reception indoors will often be spotty, w/dropped connections, etc.? Doug

To: Fledermaus who wrote (198)	12/20/1997 9:38:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29986

"..the customer is prepared to pay the perceived value". Well, it looks the same thing to me. But to say the Iridium subscriber won't care about the price is drawing a long bow. I guess then Iridium will charge $50 per minute. If the customer doesn't care, they might as well. More accurately, below a certain amount, it won't be something that enters the subscriber's mind - they'll just call. But at $3 per minute, there would be some monitoring of price. But at that price, there would be plenty of people who would indiscrimately use their phone. That's only $180 per hour and they get paid much more than that. Iridium the premium? Well, we'll have to wait and see. I don't know what the premium factors will be for each. CDMA should be better voice quality. That is a premium factor. Battery life will be a premium factor. Phone size and quality will be a premium factor. Mqurice