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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (19133)	12/4/1998 4:47:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 152472

Thanks for the url Mika. It says 25% of people initially got their phone for safety and security only. Earlier this year I mentioned the case now in the news of the woman in a car in Los Angeles desperately trying to phone for help but being in a dead spot [or too busy spot will have the same effect] and ended up shot in the face as her pursuers caught her. She is now suing the cellular provider for not saying the coverage had holes all through it. Globalstar handsets [assuming Globalstar figures out to manage demand so callers can ALWAYS get through even at extreme demand times] will provide nearly universal coverage. It seems likely that demand for security alone will provide VERY big impetus for handset sales. Assuming also that Globalstar isn't so silly as to charge a high monthly fee for people who don't even use their handsets. I'm not hopeful of that though, so expect less demand for their service than would otherwise be the case. With luck, Globalstar will eventually get a system in the air and contrive to have a few hundred thousand dissatisfied customers after 5 years. And QUALCOMM will have handsets in the shops with connectors working and plastic not breaking. Yours in demoralisation, Mqurice