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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2799)	2/15/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 5390

On reflection, L M Ericsson must be feeling they are on the horns of a dilemma with cdmaOne, cdma2000, VW40 and WWeb.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2799)	2/16/1999 7:28:00 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5390

Maurice: "I think a better system is to have a price auction - the base station puts the price up as the load builds so that new callers get a sign on their handset saying "CURRENT PRICE IS $30 per minute", "Press SEND" to accept these charges. That way urgent calls could always get through. No more busy signals." Very interesting idea, I like it! The only problem is, would it send out this information all the time, which would be a drag. Also, what happens if I get a cheaper rate and am connected, and the guy next to me has to pay twice as much. He wouldn't be too happy. Would I stay connected or get asked to accept a higher charge whilst the call is in place or get kicked off? Still like the thought behind this though.