The Telecom Digest for November 08, 2010
Volume 29 : Issue 301 : "text" Format
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Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:36:09 -0400
From: Bert Olton <artorius@rochester.rr.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: "Bell System" hammer
Message-ID: <ib53a0$h83$1@news.eternal-september.org>
On 11/06/2010 02:22 PM, Steven wrote:
> It might be for fixing climbing pegs on telephone poles
Hello Steven, and thank you. I believe you're right, or at least on the
right track. Another blacksmith posited the idea of the hammer being
used to start the climbing pegs, then turning them in with the hole as a
connection through the hammer head to the upturned segment of the peg.
Best regard,
Bert
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cause of freedom in peace or in war at home or abroad, thank you.
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Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 01:11:24 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry
Message-ID: <p0624085ec8fbe55ca5f1@[10.0.1.3]>
iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry
This is how smartphone users see each other
http://www.csectioncomics.com/2010/11/iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry.html
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:25:43 -0400
From: tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry
Message-ID: <op.vltew5editl47o@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>
On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 01:11:24 -0400, Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:
>
> iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry
>
> This is how smartphone users see each other
>
> http://www.csectioncomics.com/2010/11/iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry.html
Cute. But it took FF to let me see it -- the Opera (v. 10.63) I use as newsreader
just couldn't render the page beyond a space-shot of the planet Earth :-{ .
Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 01:44:56 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T 3Q10 Results 10-Q
Message-ID: <p0624085fc8fbed327c1c@[10.0.1.3]>
AT&T has filed its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDAzMDA5fENoaWxkSUQ9NDExMTI3fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 01:54:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: T-Mobile 4G commercials
Message-ID: <ib50th$8c6$3@news.albasani.net>
Steven <diespammers@killspammers.com> wrote:
>On 11/5/10 11:46 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>T-Mobile is advertising 4G. Are they reselling Sprint and Clear, or did
>>they actually erect a network of their own?
>I don't think it is Sprints or Clearwire as those are CDMA and T-Mobile
>is GSM, maybe an LTE network.
I called T-Mobile. They claim 4G is deployed in the 75 largest markets
right now and that it's their own towers.
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:43:53 -0800
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: T-Mobile 4G commercials
Message-ID: <J9mdnf5zbqE3tkrRnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@giganews.com>
Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Steven <diespammers@killspammers.com> wrote:
>
>>On 11/5/10 11:46 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>
>
>>>T-Mobile is advertising 4G. Are they reselling Sprint and Clear, or did
>>>they actually erect a network of their own?
>
>
>>I don't think it is Sprints or Clearwire as those are CDMA and T-Mobile
>>is GSM, maybe an LTE network.
>
>
> I called T-Mobile. They claim 4G is deployed in the 75 largest markets
> right now and that it's their own towers.
>
AT&T still hasn't deployed 3G outside the major metro areas. I often go
the High Sierras and the resort area of Sedona, Arizona, both of which
are still "E."
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 12:41:08 -0500
From: Randall <rvh40.remove-this@and-this-too.insightbb.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Telephone database
Message-ID: <B5D40BE6-176D-4F7D-9E44-A32EA5637B52@insightbb.com>
> From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
> To: redacted@invalid.telecom-digest.org.
> Subject: Re: Verizon-Penna gets ok to end phone books
> Message-ID: <ib1jus$jr0$7@news.albasani.net>
>
> Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> wrote:
>
>> What's interesting is this year's cover claims "yp.com" is the
>> new "yellowpages.com".
>
>> Interesting. Looks like "yp.com" finds businesses by name or number
>> (reverse lookup?) and is also a people-finder. I didn't bother to
>> enable javascript to test it, but that capability could be useful.
>
> It's not a people finder. It's yet another front end to Intellius.
> Right now, there are no on line databases left except Intellius and
> whitepages.com.
There's at least one other: http://www.zabasearch.com
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 08:54:12 -0800
From: Bruce Bergman <brucebergman.remove-this@and-this-too.gmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: "Bell System" Hammer
Message-ID: <AANLkTinQap5FmBc+uP-wGM3AFn=B+52ByDz96aOuFiAU@mail.gmail.com>
> On 11/5/10 12:19 PM, Steven wrote:
<Snip>
> > A couple of days ago I found a hammer which had "Bell System" stamped on
> > one side. There are no other markings on it. It's about 3 to 4 pounds, a
> > straight peen and the really unusual thing about it is a 7/8th inch hole
> > through the head, parallel to the peen and handle.
> >
> > Would any of you happen to know the purpose of that hole?
> >
> > Again, my apologies and thanks for your patience with an out of the blue
> > drop in.
> >
> > Bert
>
> It might be for fixing climbing pegs on telephone poles
>
It almost certainly is, and I've used one just enough times... The Klein
80936 Lineman's Hammer doesn't have the hole, you have to get out a wrench
once it's in.
Search on "utility pole steps" and you'll see the designated target for that
hammer - a 5/8" X 10" drive-point lag screw with a hook that keeps your foot
from slipping off. And when it hits bottom the hook end is never vertical
like it needs to be.
--<< Bruce >>--
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