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You're totally correct Deric. It just comes down the the fact that Americans are just too resistant to changes in technology. The speaker at the meeting mentioned that the implamentation of the new full 3G technology was posponed in AT&T because they know customers arn't ready. He also mentioned a trip he took to Japan where he was extreemly surprised at the amount of SMS usage. SMS accounts for nearly 15% of the total wireless reveunes in Japan. They just use these features all the time. Their lifestyles are much more mobile then ours on average.
The change will come in the US, it's just going to take some time. I think within 2 years or so some areas in Asia and Europe will totally drop all land line phone systems. If a mass migration to wireless only does occur in these countries I would think it would become world news and may fuel a similar event in the US. We'll have to wait and see.
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[ This Message was edited by: snap-hiss on 2002-11-14 19:54 ]
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Posted: 2002-11-14 20:52:00
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AT&T is currently building a WCDMA "trial net" concisting of 100+ WCDMA 1900MHz RBS:es somewhere in the Dallas area. If you didn't know it already ???
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On 2002-11-07 21:20, porterg wrote:
Coming in a little late in the chat, but one of the biggest things that is starting to happen to cell towers is conversion to GSM 850mhz. For the US, this will be huge: 850mhz will have a bigger radius per tower then 1900mhz, and better building penetration. The military really doesn't want to give up it's 2 to 3 ghz frequencies, but the FCC is going to start releasing those blocks soon. From my point of view, that is the last thing we in the US need, unless you really want more high tech, vs just coverage (which is what most US citizens want, especially with LD being part of most calling plans.)
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Posted: 2002-11-14 21:17:00
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Hawaii would be a great area to build a test network considering its topography. But as usual we are left behind. Hopefully, the developers and providers will see the benefits of implementing test grounds in Hawaii within the near future.
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Posted: 2002-11-17 02:05:00
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