cr0sh: You get yelled at, or questioned, as to why you didn't answer your mobile phone. At least if you don't have one, you don't have to explain.
You don't have to be a slave to your phone; and it's nobody's business whether you answer your mobile phone or not.
My phone -- any phone, land or mobile -- is there for my convenience, not the caller's. If I feel like answering the phone, I will. If not, that's what voice mail is for. But I do not and will not drop everything simply because the phone demands it.
>I have a strong suspicion that most of the "random" checks done at the Eurotunnel are >the result of the guy who checks your passport deciding you "look suspicious" and >signalling this to the customs folk who then pull you over.
And those who really want to get away with something try very hard *not* to "look suspicious." I can't help but wonder -- as several folks have pointed out in various ways -- if this system of profiling serves to direct the authorities' attention to the poor shmoe unlucky enough to trigger the system, while the professional criminal slides through by looking "normal."
For what it's worth; the following is from NewsScan Daily:
CISCO'S WIRELESS STRATEGY Cisco Systems has provided more details on its new wireless strategy (NewsScan Daily 29 Nov 99), which uses MMDS technology (multichannel multipoint distribution services) to eliminate the "ghosting" phenomenon that distorts TV pictures and interrupts cell phone calls in large cities. Saying its goal is "to build alternative access technologies and provide consistent service delivery" over any type of communications device, Cisco's system will allow 3,000 simultaneous users to receive data 1,000 times faster than from a typical voice line. Transceiver equipment costing less than $500 could be marketed to consumers by mid-2000. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 1 Dec 99) http://www.sjmer cury.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/047945.htm
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cr0sh: You get yelled at, or questioned, as to why you didn't answer your mobile phone. At least if you don't have one, you don't have to explain.
You don't have to be a slave to your phone; and it's nobody's business whether you answer your mobile phone or not.
My phone -- any phone, land or mobile -- is there for my convenience, not the caller's. If I feel like answering the phone, I will. If not, that's what voice mail is for. But I do not and will not drop everything simply because the phone demands it.
>I have a strong suspicion that most of the "random" checks done at the Eurotunnel are
>the result of the guy who checks your passport deciding you "look suspicious" and
>signalling this to the customs folk who then pull you over.
And those who really want to get away with something try very hard *not* to "look suspicious." I can't help but wonder -- as several folks have pointed out in various ways -- if this system of profiling serves to direct the authorities' attention to the poor shmoe unlucky enough to trigger the system, while the professional criminal slides through by looking "normal."
Is the 44Mbps shared, or 44Mbps per user?
For what it's worth; the following is from NewsScan Daily:
CISCO'S WIRELESS STRATEGY
Cisco Systems has provided more details on its new wireless strategy (NewsScan Daily 29 Nov 99), which uses MMDS technology (multichannel multipoint distribution services) to eliminate the "ghosting" phenomenon that distorts TV pictures and interrupts cell phone calls in large cities. Saying its goal is "to build alternative access technologies and provide consistent service delivery" over any type of communications device, Cisco's system will allow 3,000 simultaneous users to receive data 1,000 times faster than from a typical voice line. Transceiver equipment costing less than $500 could be marketed to consumers by mid-2000. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 1 Dec 99)
http://www.sjmer cury.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/047945.ht