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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2836)	2/12/1999 8:38:00 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

The third generation cellular phones planned for 2002+ timeframe will enable 2Mbps anywhere. This is mobile, not fixed. Qualcomm has a 3G technology they call CDMA2000 which they will be testing before the end of this year which will have this kind of bandwidth. It seems to me that if this works the satellite folks will have trouble making money.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2836)	2/12/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: ftth	Respond to of 12823

Hi Frank, re:<<I've been searching for the prototypical hybrid fiber wireless model, akin to HF/C or FTTN/FTTC>> Do you mean something like HSTN (hybrid satellite terrestrial network)? Here's an Infoseek search on the topic. Pretty interesting stuff, but not sure if this is along the lines you refer to. infoseek.go.com dh

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2836)	2/12/1999 8:56:00 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Frank: I am not sure I understand your question. The prototype broadband wireless model has always been FTTN with wireless for the last mile. This is only an ''ideal'' situation, so that sometimes high-capacity wireless links are used for backhaul. However, wireless links are not nearly as well suited as fiber for very high capacity usage, since, as you know, the information carrying capacity of fiber is phenomenal (extending beyond terabits/sec) while ''broadband'' wireless links are far more limited. The advantage of wireless is its capacity to go literally everywhere. So fiber at the core of the network, wireless at the edges is the baseline architecture. Are you thinking of wireless (with heavy use of advanced antenna technology and frequency reuse) at the core of the network? Broadband satellite systems, particularly those involving mixtures of geostationary and low-earth-orbit satellites will probably lead to interesting architectures with some features along the lines of what you are describing. Best regards, Bernard Levy