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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."
Nextels aren't too bad of cell phones. In fact many of them are pretty cheap to be had. Ex: http://www.dealsites.net/livedeals+index-mode-sear ch-query-nextel.html.
I don't own one, but I do get annoyed with that walkie talkie crap. I do know people that get better service with Nextel vs competing carriers though.
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Deal updates all the time.
Finally the FCC does The Right Thing(TM).
Oh... wait a minute, Nextel? Never heard of them, but Bush is still evil right?
I emailed him and got the invite... Thanks again dude!!!!!!
It's been almost two months since graduation, and I'm still living on campus, by myself, in a hundred twenty square foot single. I haven't left the building in more than three weeks. Perhaps the Chinese delivery place will wonder why I stopped calling. More likely, they won't even notice, and wouldn't care if they did. My so-called friends packed up and left without saying goodbye, and the only phone call I've answered since then was a wrong number; the other party hung up immediately. I've had all this time alone to absorb the crushing emptiness of my life and let it ferment. I dwell on the horror of solitude, knowing the company of strangers is infinitely worse. Life has spit me out filthy and wet and passed me by with nary a thought. If this comment gets modded down tonight, I am going to kill myself. The method: asphyxiation by carbon monoxide inhalation. The place: the parking lot behind my dorm. Yes, I'm aware Slashdot is not the appropriate forum for this kind of thing, yes, I'm aware of the dripping pathos. Call this a cry for help or whatever you want. I'm sure I'll merit at least a two-line summary in the death notices. -J.D. in NYC
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book I have.
lets say I run out.
oh no, the police! they have rubber legts.
toookut, tookut, tookut.
aha, they will never find me behind the cabinet. as they have the rubber legs.
the book is mine.
Oh darn. I've always wanted to kill an anonymous coward, and I don't have any mod points right now. Someone, please do it for me!
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
I'm sure its been covered before but I must've missed it, but what is the difference between a normal phone call and a walkie talkie phone call aside from the fact we have to hear twice as much of a conversation we don't want to be hearing in the first place? I was at a wake tonight and sure enough BEEPBEEP loud walkie talkie talking BEEPBEEP.
"A well regulated Militia,...,the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Malitia!!!!!
While I'm sure this post will be modded into oblivion as offtopic (as it should be, because it is) I feel compelled to post anyway.
Seeing the little "Freak" icon next to your name, I imagine that I'm the inspiration for your sig. This being so, perhaps you could explain to me just who "the people" referred to in the 2nd amendment are? Are they the same "the people" mentioned in the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th amendments? If not, who the heck are they?
By the way, "militia" is not spelled "malitia."
What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
wasn't on Steveo's Fuck The Baby Nigger Asoociation outreach are
Ever since I saw you in the hit independent movie Revolution:OS, I've wanted to rape you against your will. How does that appeal to you?