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To: Drew Williams who wrote (16039)	10/6/1998 9:01:00 AM
From: Dave	Respond to of 152472

Drew: I personally use both AMPS and TDMA. Uh-oh, here comes the flogging... :^) dave

To: Drew Williams who wrote (16039)	10/6/1998 9:17:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 152472

Drew - thanks for an excellent post. End of message. Jon.

To: Drew Williams who wrote (16039)	10/6/1998 10:00:00 AM
From: william i smith jr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Drew- I live in Bethesda, MD in the middle of metropolitan DC, and there are many areas of Montgomery county in which I cannot get a signal on my sprint or bell atlantic phones. My friends on AT&T digital complain of frequent dropped calls. If the rates are good, many current users will opt for the satellite option. Demand is not going to be the issue--technical quality will determine the ultimate market. Bill

To: Drew Williams who wrote (16039)	10/6/1998 10:44:00 AM
From: Harvey Rosenkrantz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The business model for Globastar has always been to set up a U-tube type satellite system using local established phone service providers to promote the local service. The service was seen as having customers both in places where no service, wireline or wireless, exists, as well as a supplement to wireless services when your phone is out of range (in the wilds of Schuylkill County). It is my understanding that the Globalstar handset type phones will first search for a wireless carrier signal and if none is found, will then go to the satellite carrier which will take the signal and bounce it back to earth to the local carrier which will then transmit it to its destination.