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To: straight life who wrote (13494)	8/9/1998 2:13:00 AM
From: John Cuthbertson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

"Radio Shack: You've got questions. We've got answers. But they're wrong!!" Taichi, No, of course you were right. If you are calling to a phone that's a regular landline phone, it doesn't matter if it's in a PCS coverage area. It only matters that you with your wireless handset are in a coverage area. The problem with Radio Shack is that they give their sales people no training on the products they sell, so the quality of the information you get their really varies wildly. By the way, if you want a Qualcomm phone (and of course you do!) you can also order your phone direct from Sprint PCS rather than going to a retail location. ==John

To: straight life who wrote (13494)	8/10/1998 11:33:00 AM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

taichi - hope you went with the dual mode - what you're going to find in the real world is that even within the coverage area there are "dead spots" that you cannot make or receive calls in that you would be able to in the old "analog" mode. In the northern part of Dallas, Sprint admits they have a problem with coverage but publicly try to blame it on "unexpected demand" which is marekting/PR bovine scatology of the worst sort - but like your uninformed RS salesperson, the answer is wrong and most people simply pass it on as the real thing.