I don't actually know the ratio of landline to cellular in Japan but it has to be close. I live just south of Tokyo, in Yokosuka, and travel alot up to the city, everyone and I do mean everyone has a cell phone. I know of many people that don't have landlines, but only use there cellular phones. I also know that the way they charge for cellular phones is much better over here than the way they work it in the states, where I am originally from. I don't have a cell phone, yet, but I beleive it is a static rate for calls on Honshu, the main island a little smaller than california, and you don't get charged for incoming calls.
And, gold and electricity are great bedfellows, as the original article stated. Undoubtedly they chose gold for the reason that it interacts with electricity better than anything else.
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Makes sense to me, Redundancy being the important part. However because it makes sense the military probably won't use such an idea.
I don't actually know the ratio of landline to cellular in Japan but it has to be close. I live just south of Tokyo, in Yokosuka, and travel alot up to the city, everyone and I do mean everyone has a cell phone. I know of many people that don't have landlines, but only use there cellular phones. I also know that the way they charge for cellular phones is much better over here than the way they work it in the states, where I am originally from. I don't have a cell phone, yet, but I beleive it is a static rate for calls on Honshu, the main island a little smaller than california, and you don't get charged for incoming calls.
And, gold and electricity are great bedfellows, as the original article stated. Undoubtedly they chose gold for the reason that it interacts with electricity better than anything else.