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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (8906)	2/25/1998 1:01:00 PM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Caxton and others.... What do you think of this quote? If there are that many signing up as a substitute for wired service, why aren't the carriers marketing it that way? How big would this number be after the major issues (calling party pays and unlimited local calling area) are addressed? I smell the tip of an iceberg.-JLF Duane Ackerman, chairman and CEO of BellSouth, said his company's BellSouth Mobility unit already is seeing a wireless "substitution effect;" a recent survey of BellSouth's new PCS customers in Louisiana showed that 17 percent signed up for untethered service as a replacement for a traditional, wireline phone. Here's the link to the complete article: msnbc.com