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Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth
evilninja writes "Techweb is reporting on the sale of 10MHz worth of bandwidth to Nextel by the FCC. One term of the agreement will solve a problem that has been frustrating the FCC for some time. Nextel will return some of their bandwidth to the public domain, since it has been interfering with local emergency channels in some areas."
...it hertz.
If I used an emergency channel they'd send a group of jackbooted thugs to kick down my door and smash my head in with a baseball bat.
If you've got $$$ you're above the law.
I'm sure that walkie feature is nice for some conditions, but I swear I'm going to slap the next person in the elevator who feels like using it to gossip about who slept with whom.
Who needs emergency cha- wait, where the hell did that tornado come from...
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth
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-Adam
Dispatcher: "Unit 9, we've got a head-on collision on I-70. Multiple casualties. Can you respond?"
Unit 9: "Roger that, dispa...zzzzzfffzzzkkkkkrkrkk...so I'm all like WHATEVER! he wasn't even cute enoug... Dispatch? Did you copy?"
Dispatcher: "Unit 9, negative. There appears to be interfe... and then he CALLED me and asked me out aga OH hold on, got another call *click* Hello? Hey babe! Yes, I watched American Idol last night. Can you BELIVE that bitch won?!?"
Unit 9: "Dispatch come back. Got chatter on the frequency."
Dispatcher: "Roger that, Unit 9. Hold on a sec. (alters voice) This is Nextel customer service. Sorry to interrupt your call, but we are investigating cloned numbers and we think you may be a victim. Can you please verify your billing address for us?"
Female teen voice: "OMIGOD where did that come from hahahaha! OMIGOD OK it's 5233 South Downing Lane."
Dispatcher: "That will be fine, ma'am. We'll be with you shortly. Unit 9, standby. SWAT, we've got what looks like a drug deal gone bad at 5233 South Downing Lane. Advise that you have permission to use deadly force and should go in locked, cocked and ready to rock."
SWAT: "Roger that, dispatch." (sounds of guns loading)
Dispatcher: "Unit 9, we've got a head-on collision on I-70. Multiple casualties. Can you respond?"
"Study your math, kids. Key to the universe." -The Archangel Gabriel
We rapidly established a protocol at the office where I work, in that you don't start talking without doing a silent Alert first. So if I want to walkie-talkie someone, I Alert them, they answer (if they are in a position to), and then we talk.
This avoids the random voice blurting out in a meeting, except for MORONS who randomly Direct Connect the WRONG NUMBER (who ARE These morons??)
Since their Direct Connect Number appears on my phone, I have added them to my phone directory (Moron1, Moron2, etc), so I can see if there are repeat offenders. When I am ready to turn in my phone for good, I am going to spend the prior week calling all these MORONS back in the middle of the night, and blurt out idiotic stuff like they did. Especially Moron3 - He has made the same mistake about 10 times!