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Volume 28 : Issue 227 : "text" Format
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Re: suggestions for a decent DECT wireless system, but...
Life Imitates TV Commercial
Re: Life Imitates TV Commercial
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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:01:29 -0600
From: Robert Neville <dont@bother.com>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: suggestions for a decent DECT wireless system, but...
Message-ID: <9qhh85tnurr6uoqe2he4oftr1ut338dalu@4ax.com>
Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com> wrote:
>My new handsets are 6.5 inches long by 1.5 inches wide. That's not
>quite cell phone size.
OK, slight exageration for effect. That said, I have seen cell size home phones.
In my mind, the perfect size handset was the Trimline. Not so hot from a
usability standpoint, as you had to take it away from your ear to key a response
to an IVR prompt.
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:36:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Paul <pssawyer@comcast.net.INVALID>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Life Imitates TV Commercial
Message-ID: <Xns9C6A800D42EBSenex@188.40.43.213>
This morning, someone took a chain saw to a utility pole,
reminiscent of a T-Mobile ad discussed here a while ago:
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Police+search+for+chainsaw+vandal&articleId=6a35a99a-ff04-4fc1-8d2d-218f43774723
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Paul
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:00:55 GMT
From: "wdag" <wgeary@verizon.net>
To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Life Imitates TV Commercial
Message-ID: <rXnim.2531$nh2.1053@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>
"Paul" <pssawyer@comcast.net.INVALID> wrote in message
news:Xns9C6A800D42EBSenex@188.40.43.213...
> This morning, someone took a chain saw to a utility pole,
> reminiscent of a T-Mobile ad discussed here a while ago:
>
>
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Police+search+for+chainsaw+vandal&articleId=6a35a99a-ff04-4fc1-8d2d-218f43774723
>
> --
> Paul
>
Looking at that corner on Google Maps - Street View, three of the four
utility poles are only a few inches in from the pavement. Looks like Maple
Street was widened sometime in the past and the poles were never moved. Odds
are that the replacement pole will not be any further away from the street,
judging by the high-tension line running on the east side.
Telecom significance: The _only_ pole with a (small) telco cable on it is
the one furthest from the street, so I doubt that anyone with a
telecom-related grudge did this...
***** Moderator's Note *****
I kind of doubt that someone stupid enough to take a chain saw to a
utility pole is able to tell telephone wires apart from electric
wires.
Bill Horne
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