Re: [9fans] 10/100 pcmcia ethernet recommendation

[Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>]

In article <20010426170338.B178F19A3D@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write:
>On the other hand, having 3 (?) different wireless systems and having
>to pay to receive calls is pretty outrageous too.

Wow, only 3?  What scaling factor did you use?  :-)  Or did you
mean personally?  With IS-54 NA-TDMA like for AT&T wireless, IS-95
CDMA like for SprintPCS (when using the PCS band, but other carriers
use the cellular band), NAMPS, and NA GSM (but not using those
European frequencies!), IS-136, plus the RF bands used for things
like wireless modems (hey, my metricom ricochet modem uses spectrum
that used to be devoted to medical [I suppose EMS] traffic) and
pagers and...

Well, we got a whole bunch of different wireless systems.

And yes, I agree that it's a bummer to have to pay for an incoming
phone call.  Especially when it's someone I don't want to talk to
(No, Cynthia is not here.  I don't know Cynthia.  I don't care to
keep getting called at 8am on a Saturday by someone in Brooklyn
looking for this Cynthia who I do not know.  I care even less to
pay for the priviledge of being woken up to explain that I don't
know Cynthia.  Kinda like the guy who was banging on my door the
other night at 5:30 looking for Allison.  I don't know Allison
either.  Maybe she's out with Cynthia; try looking in Brooklyn.)

	- Dan C.