They haven't ditched it... but new boxes are a bit scarce.
Find one, and they'll let you have the service no problems. Worst case is they would make you buy new access cards.
Out of necessity only; I certainly find it distasteful.
I'll be moving all of the domains elsewhere asap, and buying new domains from that other place.
OK folks - I'm associated to the industry and this isn't as juicy as people would make it out to be.
RTFA, and you will see that only really large outages are noted. This does not cover MUCH more common issues like:
* Poor RF optimization, leading to dropped calls and poor coverage
* Span outages to cell sites, forcing all calls on that site to drop and new attempts to be blocked
* Audio issues
...and so on.
AFAIK, while the feds may compile the data, I know of no efforts by any govt agency to independently collect this sort of data, IIRC it's all self-reported.
Now, if they lowered the thresholds (not gonna happen), then you would see more things of interest.
Valdrax is exactly right - this isn't anything to do with cloning but rather an issue with the billing system.
Many times I wish I could mod to "6; This is the correct answer. " Too often I see Slashdot discussions go down a rathole and never come out again... Entertaining but ultimately not informative.
Yes, it bloody does well make a difference. They have very different philosopies.
I'm also quite skeptical about the claims BA is making against Boeing. I would very much expect to see more complaints from other airlines if this was indeed an issue. The Midlands crash is something else entirely.
Note the manufacturer of said aircraft in the cases given above.
Note the manufacturer of the so-called improvement in TFA.
Yeah. Gimme a Boeing any day.
Well, the MAJORITY of backhaul from cell sites goes through telco-owned T1s/T3s but don't forget microwave backhaul. Also, one cell provider in the states had foresight and wired each site with their own fiber-optic connection.
The analog networks are very very poorly maintained, suffer huge amounts of outage and very poor call quality.
The carriers that have analog service have - for years - been sacrificing the analog network for the digital network, as digital has all the features, functionality and capacity that both the customers and they want. The main downside is, as you point out, that you can't transmit modem data over digital.
You made the assertion, with no data or even a thought process to back it up.
If you had, and it was logical, perhaps you wouldn't have been labeled a troll.
It's up to you, bhirsch, to defend your statements, not up to anyone else to prove you wrong.
Not sure how this was moderated to 5, Insightful when it's full of either inaccuracies or lies.
People are not asked to arrive "a few hours early" for flights. Hell, I arrive 50 minutes ahead and it works out great regardless of airport size. This includes O'Hare. Even for international flights, the suggestion is 2 hours.
There are no "body cavity" searches. Most searches are fairly prefunctory.
I've been treated like cattle, but never like a criminal. There -is- a difference.
Hey, I've travelled on the Shinkansen and on various trains in the EU, and yes, that's very nice for those respective regions. But, you see, America is BIG. You think I'm going to travel from Chicago to San Francisco or LA on a freakin' train?
There is simply no equivalent in the US.
Akihabara is awesome. I was there about 10 years ago, looking to get back in a year or so.
Oh, and don't confuse the _district_ with what people are talking about here. It took me a few minutes to understand I needed to go "in there," it's "inside." That is to say, there are a bunch of corporate-type stores in the district, but Akihabara is the warrens nest of vendors in the sub-basement level.
Do cell phone service providers share towers? Sure, at times. NOTE: by "tower" I'm using a very specific definition - this is the metal pole that holds the antennas. Do cell phone service providers share antennas on that tower? Damn near never. If they've taken the time to install the electronic equipment at the site, they're not going to let a measly few thousand bucks stop them from having the best signal they can have. In any case, it's not technically feasible in the vast majority of cases, so it's not done (plus, you don't want to be at the mercy of a competitor).
Do service providers have roaming agreements? Ya, sure, you betcha. I'm guessing this is what you're getting at, but you do realize that a CDMA carrier won't be able to roam onto a TDMA carrier, right?
Do service providers resell service under other names, or allow resellers to do the same? Sure they do. Boost is Nextel repackaged, same idea with Virgin Mobile, although I don't recall who they buy their minutes from.
Every single digital phone has this to the same extent. There's a time delay to vocode the voice (digitizing voice and compressing) and another to vocode in the other direction. Now, if it's mobile to mobile, then it's twice as bad: vocode (delay), vocode (delay), vocode (delay), vocode (delay). What's perhaps even worse is that vocoding is lossy, it introduces distortion every time you encounter it, and again mobile to mobile gets hit hard by this.
Overall, I agree, but for #2 I tend to use "Command Respect" instead of "Demand Respect." The difference being is that any idiot can demand respect, even if they haven't earned it.
I've not been asked during the car rental process recently, but this happened to me about 20 years ago, so it's not a new process.
Unlike an airline, you're taking a substantial asset from them when you drive away. Perhaps they're using credit scoring now - that practice has certainly grown past just getting more lines of credit.
Being a card-carrying elite member will likely help, as demonstated....
Nice use of bold.... it was likely just an easy way of ending the situation - I wouldn't read too much into that until and unless it's proven (e.g., not just stated) that it is actually some sort of policy.
Mod parent up, and it's not off-topic. "Hector the sector wrecker" did very bad things when at Motorola semi. Others will be able to fill in the details better than I can.
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They haven't ditched it... but new boxes are a bit scarce. Find one, and they'll let you have the service no problems. Worst case is they would make you buy new access cards.
Do you always post lies, or is this new for you?
No, Sprint hasn't been "illegally causing interference." All of the Sprint/Nextel radios meet FCC specs.
Otherwise, they never could have been put into service. They would not have been FCC Type Accepted.
Were the FCC specs not as good as they should have been? Damn straight. That's the FCC's fault, all the way.
Out of necessity only; I certainly find it distasteful. I'll be moving all of the domains elsewhere asap, and buying new domains from that other place.
Not surprisingly, they also have a paid service to get these domains back. I'm currently in the process of doing this with them, whatta crock this is.
RTFA, and you will see that only really large outages are noted. This does not cover MUCH more common issues like:
* Poor RF optimization, leading to dropped calls and poor coverage
* Span outages to cell sites, forcing all calls on that site to drop and new attempts to be blocked
* Audio issues
AFAIK, while the feds may compile the data, I know of no efforts by any govt agency to independently collect this sort of data, IIRC it's all self-reported.
Now, if they lowered the thresholds (not gonna happen), then you would see more things of interest.
Many times I wish I could mod to "6; This is the correct answer. " Too often I see Slashdot discussions go down a rathole and never come out again... Entertaining but ultimately not informative.
I'm also quite skeptical about the claims BA is making against Boeing. I would very much expect to see more complaints from other airlines if this was indeed an issue. The Midlands crash is something else entirely.
Note the manufacturer of said aircraft in the cases given above. Note the manufacturer of the so-called improvement in TFA. Yeah. Gimme a Boeing any day.
Well, the MAJORITY of backhaul from cell sites goes through telco-owned T1s/T3s but don't forget microwave backhaul. Also, one cell provider in the states had foresight and wired each site with their own fiber-optic connection.
The analog networks are very very poorly maintained, suffer huge amounts of outage and very poor call quality.
The carriers that have analog service have - for years - been sacrificing the analog network for the digital network, as digital has all the features, functionality and capacity that both the customers and they want. The main downside is, as you point out, that you can't transmit modem data over digital.
Please elaborate.
You made the assertion, with no data or even a thought process to back it up. If you had, and it was logical, perhaps you wouldn't have been labeled a troll. It's up to you, bhirsch, to defend your statements, not up to anyone else to prove you wrong.
People are not asked to arrive "a few hours early" for flights. Hell, I arrive 50 minutes ahead and it works out great regardless of airport size. This includes O'Hare. Even for international flights, the suggestion is 2 hours.
There are no "body cavity" searches. Most searches are fairly prefunctory.
I've been treated like cattle, but never like a criminal. There -is- a difference.
Hey, I've travelled on the Shinkansen and on various trains in the EU, and yes, that's very nice for those respective regions. But, you see, America is BIG. You think I'm going to travel from Chicago to San Francisco or LA on a freakin' train?
There is simply no equivalent in the US. Akihabara is awesome. I was there about 10 years ago, looking to get back in a year or so. Oh, and don't confuse the _district_ with what people are talking about here. It took me a few minutes to understand I needed to go "in there," it's "inside." That is to say, there are a bunch of corporate-type stores in the district, but Akihabara is the warrens nest of vendors in the sub-basement level.
So, they're feeling pressure from MacOS X. Good. Very good.
Do service providers have roaming agreements? Ya, sure, you betcha. I'm guessing this is what you're getting at, but you do realize that a CDMA carrier won't be able to roam onto a TDMA carrier, right?
Do service providers resell service under other names, or allow resellers to do the same? Sure they do. Boost is Nextel repackaged, same idea with Virgin Mobile, although I don't recall who they buy their minutes from.
So, no big secret here.
Every single digital phone has this to the same extent. There's a time delay to vocode the voice (digitizing voice and compressing) and another to vocode in the other direction. Now, if it's mobile to mobile, then it's twice as bad: vocode (delay), vocode (delay), vocode (delay), vocode (delay). What's perhaps even worse is that vocoding is lossy, it introduces distortion every time you encounter it, and again mobile to mobile gets hit hard by this.
Correct. In addition, a fixed antenna gives the same results as it's.... uh, fixed. As is place. They're looking for accuracy and repeatability.
Wouldn't disagree with you on VZW's Bay area performance, it's not stellar there. Other places I travel to are better though.
Overall, I agree, but for #2 I tend to use "Command Respect" instead of "Demand Respect." The difference being is that any idiot can demand respect, even if they haven't earned it.
Confirmed - iDVD 05 does play nicely with external DVD burners, I've done it myself.
Unlike an airline, you're taking a substantial asset from them when you drive away. Perhaps they're using credit scoring now - that practice has certainly grown past just getting more lines of credit.
Being a card-carrying elite member will likely help, as demonstated....
Nice use of bold.... it was likely just an easy way of ending the situation - I wouldn't read too much into that until and unless it's proven (e.g., not just stated) that it is actually some sort of policy.
He travels plenty, it takes a fair amount of miles to get to Platinum level on AA. He may not travel much internationally though.
Mod parent up, and it's not off-topic. "Hector the sector wrecker" did very bad things when at Motorola semi. Others will be able to fill in the details better than I can.