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To: JMD who wrote (14868)	9/11/1998 10:51:00 AM
From: Jeff Vayda	Respond to of 152472

JMD; Confirmation on the Sprint acknowledgement of weak coverage. I talked with a rep here in Central Florida last week. She was not up to speed on the CDMA/TDMA side of the market, but she did comment that PrimeCo was going to be concentrating on filling in the holes in the established areas before expanding into new ones. If the word has gotten out to the line staff that they are going to build up current markets before building out, sounds like the problem has been addressed by the company and a plan is well on its way to being implemented. Good news for current markets, bad news on wannabe markets. Jeff Vayda

To: JMD who wrote (14868)	9/11/1998 12:29:00 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Mike - regarding ... Just for the terminally brain damaged [me] would somebody take me through the difference between "bands" and "modes" just once more? My understanding is : bands means different parts of the "spectrum" (so, 800 MHz vs. 1900 MHz). Mode means different way of doing things within one band (e.g. 800 MHz analog vs. 800 MHz CDMA digital). Jon.

To: JMD who wrote (14868)	9/11/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 152472

Mike, The Sprint WLL cdmaOne mobile system the dude used in his house might have been dropping calls [or failing to connect] because of the suffocating cell syndrome which cdma suffers. Qualcomm calls it 'cell breathing'. Whatever you call it, as the cell shrinks with loading, those on the periphery of the cell coverage area are dropped and closer handsets have the privilege of connection. Fog, rain, foliage and anything attenuate the signals, which also reduces coverage. Anyone want the solution again? They need a p-----g contest. No, not THAT sort of contest - I mean one involving money. You know, to maintain a no overload situation, temporarily increase charges at the busy base stations so that not too many people try to connect simultaneously. Display the current charge on the handset. Maximize revenue, minimize dropped calls, etc etc etc, you must know it off by heart now. Meanwhile, back in the markets: Each day is like being born again and getting a new lease of life. The Zenit crash really did nothing for me. Years of hopes crashed in a Simpsons launch. I watched the video and I think there was a rope attached because I something falling away from the rocket as it took off and the rope must have pulled it crooked. Amazingly, I still own all my shares. Alan Green$pan had better hurry and read up on my monetary theory and fill the world with SuperDollars. The world, including the USA, is in a huge deflationary spiralling collapse. Only a massive interest rate reduction and money printing can save it. My margin account needs it. [I hope nobody thinks I have a selfish pecuniary interest in this]. Ramsey says he has sweaty palm instead of a big grin. I guess that's a good sign because it means there are not many people left raving about the joys of the market. But people say there has been huge selling. Incorrect, there has been huge buying. Well, precisely, there has been huge selling AND exactly equally huge buying. So there are exactly as many people thinking things have gone far enough as think it's time to sell [with an adjustment for those who don't think it time to sell, but their broker insisted!]. Mqurice