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To: Ruffian who wrote (16554)	10/15/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Hey. Four times analog ain't bad - and that is the worst rpt worst case. All of these "shortfall" vs "claims" stuff is absurd if looked at with any care at all. Is the new system worse? No. Is there improvement? Yes. Is there still some more refinement necessary? Of course. So? Was the choice to upgrade wrong? You decide. Chaz

To: Ruffian who wrote (16554)	10/15/1998 2:43:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

-AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT: Government welcomes mid-1999 CDMA start date Presswire - October 15, 1998 13:47 M2 PRESSWIRE-15 October 1998-AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT: Government welcomes mid-1999 CDMA start date (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Minister for Communications, Senator Richard Alston, today welcomed Telstra's announcement that its new national CDMA mobile network will begin operating in mid-1999, with a rapid introduction in regional areas from that date. The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) network will replace Telstra's existing analogue AMPS network. CDMA is a digital system that provides improved services while offering broadly equivalent coverage to that of the analogue AMPS network. 'This is good news for residents of regional Australia,' Senator Alston said. 'For too long, mobile phone users in regional Australia have lived in fear that when the AMPS network closes down on 31 December 1999, they will lose their AMPS mobile phone service and have nothing to replace it. 'Telstra's announcement means that this fear can be put to rest. Existing users of the AMPS system can be confident that any part of Australia which currently receives AMPS coverage will receive reasonably equivalent coverage from the new CDMA system.' Senator Alston said that the Howard Government had worked hard to ensure continuity of mobile phone services in regional Australia. The previous Labor Government had mandated the closure of the existing analogue mobile phone system by 1 January 2000. If Labor's disastrous policy had gone ahead as planned, many areas of regional Australia would have lost their AMPS coverage and got nothing in its place. 'The Government expects to finalise, within several weeks, an agreement with the various mobile network operators which will allow an extension of the AMPS phase out period in regional areas. This should ensure that there is a smooth transition between AMPS and CDMA,' Senator Alston said. 'This agreement will meet the Government's policy objective that no part of regional Australia which currently receives mobile phone coverage will be without reasonably equivalent coverage after January 1, 2000.' CONTACT: Terry O'Connor, Minister's office Tel: +61 0419 636 879 WWW: richardalston.dca.gov.au

To: Ruffian who wrote (16554)	10/15/1998 2:54:00 PM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Michael, All well and good to review contrary opinions - even those that look a wee bit dated. For me these journalist's opinions are always suspect, given as they often are to being manipulated by spin doctors of one stripe or another. Now, if you want to put some weight on an opinion, how about that of an operator like Telstra who surveys the competitive landscape and then lays out several hundred million $ to replace its AMPS system with cdmaOne? Those are the opinions that count. -Jim