Peter, At 10:49 03/09/98 +0100, Peter Cochrane wrote: >A thick client is useless if your battery is flat... or near useless if it is >not on a network. Trains have 100% GSM in Europe, and train and road tunnels >have leaky feeders...I'm very seldom off line from my lap top anywhere in >Europe and down through SEA - Australia - all have GSM. P I have to disagree with your hype about GSM in Europe. I commute on the train every day from Brighton to London (about 60 miles). There are a number of tunnels, some long (2-3 minutes) and no leaky feeders for me. Then you get the handoff glitches that seem to occur in the rural areas along the route. It may be low signal strength, or just the 50mph+ speed of the train. Approaching London, signal strength rises, but in the South London area (Purley, Selhurst, etc) there are sudden drop-offs, startlingly so, given the population density of commuters in those areas. I work for BT, and think GSM is the best thing since sliced bread, and it's got me out of a number of fixes. I've had calls on my mobile while attending conferences in Europe, and while on holiday in South Africa. It works really well, but I'm amazed by your claims. My concern is that unbridled boosterism doesn't help solve the technical issues with a wearable thin client. I couldn't have written this mail (I'm on the train now) if I relied solely on a thin client. Regards Dave Phelan --------------------------------------------------------------- Dave PhelanCCIE# 3590 http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/dphelan "The future has arrived; it's just not evenly distributed." -- William Gibson. -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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