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To: Moominoid who wrote (1584)	4/12/1999 11:35:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2693

David, I feel they are on a more mature curve and are not improving as quickly as the new technologies. As a result they have paid costs to service and are getting eaten by them. These fixed costs mean they can never get ahead of the new techs, ever. Motorola implemented the technology too early. Those that waited benefited and will win in the long run. Bill

To: Moominoid who wrote (1584)	4/16/1999 9:32:00 AM
From: y2k	Respond to of 2693

Satellite phones as contingency action for Year 2000? Some big companies seem to consider satellite phoning if the more traditional phones should have problems in January 2000 at least in some parts of the world. Any comments on this and possible effects on IRID and GlobalStar?

To: Moominoid who wrote (1584)	4/17/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2693

almost no-one needs a phone..... Barrow Alaska etc beyond 70N. As someone who made cellphone call from the shores of the Arctic Ocean in northern Alaska last summer, I have to say you are wrong. Enough people need to make calls that AT&T has cellular towers up there. But that only covers a tiny area. The people up there are often out of cellular range, and what are they going to use? Of course, most of us aren't employees of Oil companies, but there are many thousands of oil company employees around the globe, and who's going to provide service for them? If you're on a drilling platform in the middle of the ocean, Globalstar or ICO aren't even planning to offer service. If you're a citizen of the city if Inuvik in Northwest Territories, Canada, you have no other choice but Iridium when you're not near a land line. Sure, if there is enough population people put in cellphones, but to say that anywhere there aren't cell phones there isn't enough population density to offer sat service pretty well misses the point. Dragonfly