Blog from the Loft

ISDN Billing
Well, my ISDN line was working for a month, until I got my bill from Verizon. I have an extra $383.44
of metered usage on my bill. This is suppose to be un-metered service. The only good news is that the business rep actually called and left a message telling me that they made a [...]

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W-CDMA vs CDMS2000
So there is a battle between two emerging 3G standards in the
next gen cellular network. Can the US beats the world into
using their standards? Most of Asian is betting against it (and
Europe also?). The rest of the world (except Japan and the US)
is already big on GSM. So is the the GSM evolved [...]

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World Phone
I have a Nokia 8890 !! What a phone. After using it for a day now I know
why people like this thing so much. It really is even better built and design
then it looks. So far it works great on the HK Orange network. We’ll
how it works in the rest of the world.

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Level of Service
walking from Tokyo Westin Hotel to the subway for work. Approaching a double glass door down a hall way. A hotel staff approaching fast from the other side, cleaning cloth in hand. Likely on his way to wipe down the door handles. He sees me. Stop. Step aside politely. I push through the [...]

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