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To: Ruffian who wrote (2867)	2/28/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: Quincy	Respond to of 5390

Leif, if GSM has comfortable capacity margins, why are Europe and Chinese providers using both 900Mhz and 1900Mhz with dual-band phones? Our local GSM provider is giving away Ericy 788 handsets with the headset for a $20 donation to Ronald McDonald's charities. But, you have to sign a binding service contract for two years. pbwireless.com pbwireless.com My CDMAOne service with SprintPCS is $50 for 500 peak minutes a month (Christmas season promotion). If Sprint didn't have enough capacity, large calling plans would cause blocked calls and unhappy customers. While I have only been a customer for three months, I have never had a blocked call despite living five miles from Qualcomm (if that doesn't pack five to ten thousand of their phones into a small area, what will?) Lets compare GSM service plans... pbwireless.com $70 a month for 400 peak minutes on PacBell GSM. $70 on SprintPCS gets you 600 peak minutes. Past the 400 GSM minutes, its $0.25 a minute. If I dump 600 prime-time minutes on that GSM calling plan, my GSM bill for that month will be $120. To make matters worse, PacBell limits its free long distance to Nevada and California(where I live). Sprint doesn't charge me extra long-distance for calls made anywhere in the US plus some cities across the border in Mexico (with Pegaso PCS). Here are the GSM phone models offered: pbwireless.com I am comfortable with the fact my Qualcomm phone doesn't work in Europe. I am part of the majority that doesn't travel outside of the US. sprintpcs.com