To: Judy who wrote (20311 ) 4/8/1999 7:43:00 PM From: Margaret Mateer Respond to of 42787
Hi Judy, This should help explain it a bit but I need it filtered through your synapses for true understanding! (especially how it measures up against the dsl technology) btw, was I in awre? not. :-( Talk : Misc (Tech) : Microvision (MVIS) | Previous | Next | Respond | To: dwight martin (2071 ) From: dwight martin Monday, Mar 8 1999 12:27AM ET Reply # of 2397 Excerpted from stockhouse.com Bugs over "data throughspeed" are being ironed out. The current standard is CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data), based upon IBM's CelluPlan II, which moves data at 19.2 kilobits/second. AT&T Wireless and a few Baby Bells are using this technology. Wireless data users would hope for those speeds, often settling for as little as 8 kilobits/second. European and Asian users are restricted to data transfer speeds of 9.6 kilobits/second on the GSM standard (Global System for Mobile Communications). At some point in 1999 - and this is what is creating the excitement and the acquisition binge - upgraded standards used by the U.S. wireless voice networks will offer higher data throughspeed. Experts anticipate data delivery rates to jump to 64 kilobits/second by the year 2000. Within a year, wireless data transmission might be faster than an ISDN line. The third generation standard, which would deliver data at up to 2 megabits/second, should be available by 2003 - that would permit the mass market Internet access, remote email and network access and possibly include videoconferencing. Looking good for commercial applications of VRD, if true. MICROVISION INC (NASDAQ: MVIS) Time: 3:59PM Last Trade 16 7/8 Change - 9/16 (-3.23%) Bid 16 11/16 Ask 16 7/8 Volume 052,8000 Prev.Close 17 7/16 Open 17 3/4 Day Range 16 5/8 - 18 00 Last Tick 0Up0 Avg.Volume 080,7000 52-week range: 4 9/16 - 18 1/2