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From: Bruce Perens <pixar!bp@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: Re: Is Analog Cellular Dead?
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Date: 11 Jun 90 17:05:16 GMT
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 From what I've seen of the digital cellular format, it seems to be a
way of ripping off the customer to reduce the carrier's overhead.  The
real fix for high-traffic zones is to add more cells, not increase the
capacity of the existing ones at the expense of fidelity and
reliability.

If there is to be a digital format, it should be able to handle DATA.
Using TDM between three moving transmitters on the same channel will
probably work poorly even for voice.

Would anyone like to help me petition the FCC on this one?


			Bruce Perens
			{ucbvax,sun}!pixar!bp