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Re: Mobile Comm

From: Jeremy Lemieux <>
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 03:02:54 -0500

Did a pile more research online today...

One interesting thing I happened upon was the AlphaCom CDPD modem.  I
recall reading about this before it was available, and being interested,
but it sort of slipped my mind in the interim.

Does anyone know much about this?  They offer a $19.95 (!!!) unlimited flat
rate service.  They also claim to be high-speed (80k plus).  The latter is
refuted in a few letters I ran into from people who returned the modem
because of sub-par (read, horrendous) performance.

The former is enticing.

I've read several articles which were less than impressed by the MLM model
and the number of false claims made by the company.  Apparently GTE is the
CDPD network provider, and their coverage is not bad at all (The most
extensive overall, if I'm not mistaken...Am I?).

Vandibere Hanson/Jeremy Lemieux ()
http://www-edlab.cs.umass.edu/~jlemieux        ICQ#1861093
Resistance is puerile.        

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