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Old January 11th 05, 01:39 AM
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Gord Beaman wrote:
David Lesher wrote:


Yup! Gord is correct... that is what the industry is saying.
However, I believe the FCC is still with the old nomenclature
vis-a-vis Mobile Phone vs Cell.

Jer/ Eberhard


{posted at Jer's request; he has ...an oil leak on his
server, yea, that's it..}




Of course...and the term is no longer 'cellular' anyway it seems,
they now seem to prefer 'Mobile phones' so I guess it's a moot
point, but ISTM that the aircraft cel system is a helluva lot
closer to the terrestrial cel system than anything else.


No. "Mobile phones" is an entirely separate service, running
in the 152 Mhz and 450 Mhz bands... this is what we had BEFORE
cell phones. :-)

I was a "Mobile phone" dispatcher when I was at university...
1970 - 1974. :-)

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard


Yes, you're quite correct in what you say about the old 'Mobile
phones'.


I was the chief (only) tech for a small communications company
where we installed 'Key telephone systems' and Mobile Car
Phones', BUT I was just pointing out that the cellular phone
companies 'now' call them 'mobile phones' (again?).


I have a brand new handout sheet here for the kind of cel phone
that I'm interested in exchanging for my present one...remember
that I said NEW handout...it calls them 'mobile phones'...I'll
scan it and email it to you if you cannot take my word for it...
--


-Gord.
(use gordon in email)



Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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