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based
on widespread system, AMPS
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provides
reasonable data rate at variable cost (12 to 19
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cents/US
per kilobyte of data)
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Available
(at end of 1997) in US (166 “regions”, Canada (30
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sites
in Alberta, 2 in BC), Ecuador (4 cities), Indonesia (trial
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in
Jakarta), Mexico (2 cities), and New Zealand (trial in 4
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cities)
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What
does the future hold?
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Andrew
Tanenbaum: “use is growing rapidly”
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Ulysses
Black: whether CDPD will be the technology of choice for
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wireless
data remains to be seen
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Bob
Egan, DEC: CDPD will become competitor to packet radio
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systems
such as ARDIS or MOBITEX in short term, but will be only
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interim
solution until digital cellular radio is available
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