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Ride Along With a Real Verizon Wireless Tester

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-on-tv-is-real dept.

jonknee writes "So you're probably sick of the Can you hear me now? ads, but here's a new article about a real-life Verizon Wireless network tester. This guy logs over 3,000 miles a month in a station wagon decked out with over a quarter-million dollars worth of network gear (I dare say the most valuable station wagon ever?). An audio file is linked at the bottom of the article that has a few minute sample of the audio Verizon tests with. It's bizarre!"

21 of 304 comments (clear)

  1. I gotta say... by deutschemonte · · Score: 3, Funny

    Go, go gadget grocery getter.

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  2. One word. by FireballX301 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wardriving.

    Best, wardriving vehicle, ever.

  3. Can you by mboverload · · Score: 3, Funny
    Verizon: You there? Good
    Slashdot: Nothing to see here, move along

    Almost makes Verizon seem like the good one ;)

  4. Does he use tape playback? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Continually saying "Can you hear me now" has to violate some sort of OSHA regs, never mind those states with laws about talking on a cell phone while driving.

  5. I beg to differ. by kryogen1x · · Score: 4, Funny
    A tank would be so much cooler. It would give new meaning to WarDriving.

    Although, you can't pick up chicks in a tank.

    1. Re:I beg to differ. by QuietLagoon · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't think that I would want anyone must listen to that audio all day to be driving any manner of military vehicle.

    2. Re:I beg to differ. by JNighthawk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, I gotta wake my ass up at 5 in the morning, doing the drywalling at the new McDonald's in Vascelina.

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  6. spinners by Doppler00 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but does the wireless tester have SPINNERS on it?

    I hate those things....

  7. Pimp My Ride by Schwing84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All that equipment but the guy really hoped that MTV and Xzibit would Pimp His Ride!!!

  8. No wonder their service sucks... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the tester gets a skewed view because he uses equipment worth 3/4 million whereas real users have to use a crappy phone that costs a few hundred.

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  9. Download the track? by iCEBaLM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, what the fuck is an .amr file?

  10. Re:Nice map by inKubus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are you talking to your wife on the way home? You should be enjoying your last few moments of silence before dinner! dishes! hold me! sex and the city! blaaaaagh

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  11. Re:Must. Resist. Urge. To. Attack. Oh, what the he by ImaLamer · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, he's talking about that Napolean Dyn-o-mite!

    The one that starred Jimmy Walker.

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  12. Dude, where's my bar? by mveloso · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope that wagon's got airbags, because the driver's gotta be drinking heavily during his job.

  13. /. effect by grommet_tdi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you hear me now? ... ... ... Hello?

  14. Re:The 3/4 million car... by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Um... are you sure its a good idea to publish a pic with the license plate number of a car carrying $750 000 worth of stuffZors?"

    Good luck catching up with a vehicle that moves 3,000 miles a month!

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  15. Re:Nice map by jaysones · · Score: 5, Funny
    Phone work great when I talk to everyone else

    I'm sure Mrs. Frankenstein is happy to hear from you.

    ;)

  16. Re:Ahhh... The good old days by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    allright, I read that first sentance wrong, couldve sworn it was: "It seems like a lifetime ago, but I guess i was only about 11 or so years old"

    made the rest of your comment very odd :-p

  17. The Other Side by Unca'+Scrooge · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to see them air a commercial from the point of view of the poor guy stuck at his desk all day...

    "....yes....yes....yes....yes....yes....yes...."

  18. Re:The 3/4 million car... by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "That's merely 4 miles a day (if the guy has caffeine for blood). Hell, I could walk and catch a car that travels 4 miles a day."

    Are you serious or is this a satirical poke at the US public school system that's just a little too clever?

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  19. Never fear, Slashdot is here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "My god man, credit them with some intelligence!"

    Slashdot slogan: "We're smart, you're not."