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To: Sawtooth who wrote (31230)	5/28/1999 2:40:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 152472

It's becoming clearer that Microsoft must want to dominate data transmission on every wireless system. Nextel is one of the few wireless companies with a nationwide network. Frankly, I can't see a future in this particular system, as it is neither as secure as CDMA nor does it possess much bandwidth per channel, nor does it give as clear a voice signal as CDMA. Nextel started as a nationwide network using paging frequencies previously used only for local paging needs. The bandwidth is so narrow that, if my recollection is correct, you can't even use it full duplex.