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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:58:32 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@panix.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: "Next Bus" telephone information system
Message-ID: <j4e978$qck$1@reader1.panix.com>
HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote:
:The New York City Transit Authority has introduced a new telephone
:"app" that tells riders waiting at a bus stop when the next bus will
:come, using real time information. I'm impressed by it since it
:requires only a regular Touch Tone telephone, not any kind of 'smart
:phone', and that the information is in real time (where the buses are
:actually physically located), as opposed to using merely the schedule,
:as older applications used to do. Surface buses are subject to
:traffic delays that disrupt schedules.
:Passengers simply dial the number, then enter the specific bus stop
:code (posted on the bus stop sign).
The CTA (Chicago) has had a similar system in place for a couple
years. It works via text message, web site
http://ctabustracker.com/bustime, and cell phone apps. The user
sends a text message to a set short code, with a code from the sign.
The response tells you the next two buses for all routes that serve
the stop at that time of day. The website shows more, and has a
feature that shows were buses actually are.
It's reasonably accurate, with better accuracy te sooner the bus will
get there. I've noticed that the accuracy is poor for westbound buses
close to the lake -- most of the east-west routes have the eastbound
bus make a loop, and become the west-bound bus, and the prediction for
that part of the route is very poor. I'm not sure if they're just
using a time based on the schedule, and ignoring the eastbound bus is
late, or what.
The TouchTone system is an interesting modification.
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 20:20:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: "Next Bus" telephone information system
Message-ID: <738b538b-7873-4ae1-9bd3-9d6d67c39151@l28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>
On Sep 9, 7:58~pm, David Scheidt <dsche...@panix.com> wrote:
> The CTA (Chicago) has had a similar system in place for a couple
> years. ~It works via text message, web site
> http://ctabustracker.com/bustime, and cell phone apps. ~The user
> sends a text message to a set short code, with a code from the sign.
> The response tells you the next two buses for all routes that serve
> the stop at that time of day. ~The website shows more, and has a
> feature that shows were buses actually are. ~
SEPTA recently added a webpage that shows a map where the buses of a
given route are located, using GPS from the buses. However, there is
an uneven delay in reporting of several minutes and sometimes the
buses are unable to report properly.
http://www3.septa.org/transitview/
SEPTA is adding apps for cell phone users.
see "real time" under www.septa.org
Date: 9 Sep 2011 14:56:32 -0400
From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Does SMS messaging keep going when cellular voice is down?
Message-ID: <j4dnh0$6hm$1@panix2.panix.com>
In article <j46amj$q03$1@dont-email.me>, Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> wrote:
>I just read an email that claims cell phone text messaging (SMS) keeps
>going when cellular voice service is down. Please tell me if this is
>true or not.
Well, it depends why the voice service is down.
If it's down because too many people are trying to make calls in the same
area and clogging up the links between towers, then lower bandwidth SMS
messages are apt to go through even when you cannot get a call through.
If it's down because there's no power to the tower, or a storm blew it over,
or for some other reason the handset cannot get a connection to the tower,
then indeed SMS messages won't go through any more than phone calls.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:47:08 -0700
From: "W" <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Fuse Panel Recommendation
Message-ID: <Tvednb9m_4u_K_TTnZ2dnUVZ5tOdnZ2d@giganews.com>
Can someone recommend a -48V DC fuse panel for a telecom rack that would
meet two requirements:
- let us manually configure the fuse or circuit breaker for each piece of
equipment, up to 30A per box (most equipment would be at or under 20A)
- show a spot reading of the total amps in current use across all devices
that go through the fuse panel that are currently powered on
--
W
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