Why did you post it in aus.tv ? aus.computers added.
On Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:42:00 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
"Telstra Air" emanates from antennae above telephone booths.
Because that is easy to do, but there are fuck all of them left anymore.
Is it directional?
Nope.
What is its frequency?
2.4GB
And wattage?
Is it on 24/7?
Yep,
Help!
You have always been beyond any help.
If I want to install a dish on the roof pointed at a close-as-possible hotspot, can I arrange some sort of repeater & amplifier?
Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
"Telstra Air" emanates from antennae above telephone booths.
Because that is easy to do, but there are fuck all of them left anymore.
Too true. There used to be one close to my place, but they removed it
for some reason.
Hardly anyone uses them anymore. I often drive past one
that is still there in a street with lots of blocks of flats that
the dregs of society 'live' in and I have never seen anyone
using one for more than a decade now.
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
"Telstra Air" emanates from antennae above telephone booths.
Because that is easy to do, but there are fuck all of them left
anymore.
Too true. There used to be one close to my place, but they removed it >>>> for some reason.
Hardly anyone uses them anymore. I often drive past one
that is still there in a street with lots of blocks of flats that
the dregs of society 'live' in and I have never seen anyone
using one for more than a decade now.
I've seen people using them pretty often lately,
I haven't.
maybe because they're free now.
Can't see it myself given that for most free mobile calls are dirt cheap.
And now that they are free, I can see Telstra pulling the plug on
most of them now that they get no revenue from them anymore.
Where are you ? Hard to believe that there are that many desperate povs there.
If only they'd install a Telstra Air hotspot on _that_ phone booth
then I'd be able to park nearby and leave a laptop downloading
things while I do my shopping, but no such luck.
Are you that desperate a pov yourself ? Figures given you 'live' there I spose.
In another town I heard from across the road someone talking onone with >> such loud and vulgar language that they might have been
reading out one of your posts. The old encosed ones were better in
that way, I saw someone using one of them last week in yet another
town.
That only happens in the absolute dregs of the country.
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
"Telstra Air" emanates from antennae above telephone booths.
Because that is easy to do, but there are fuck all of them left
anymore.
Too true. There used to be one close to my place, but they removed >>>>>> it for some reason.
Hardly anyone uses them anymore. I often drive past one
that is still there in a street with lots of blocks of flats that
the dregs of society 'live' in and I have never seen anyone
using one for more than a decade now.
I've seen people using them pretty often lately,
I haven't.
maybe because they're free now.
Can't see it myself given that for most free mobile calls are dirt
cheap.
And now that they are free, I can see Telstra pulling the plug on
most of them now that they get no revenue from them anymore.
Yeah though I'm surprised that they went to the trouble of moving
the old one in the rearby town, which happened after they'd made
them free of charge. They had to cut a (now very visible) track
through the concrete to connect it up.
And to power it presumably.
Didn't bother filling in the hole where the wires came up for the old
one though.
Where are you ? Hard to believe that there are that many desperate povs >>> there.
Rural Victoria. The Princes Hwy goes through the town I'm talking
about and I expect most of those phone booth users are passing
through. Hence they didn't use it in the old location which wasn't
near where such travellers usually stop.
Hard to see that a car owner wouldn't be able to afford a dirt cheap
used mobile phone and a $10/month unlimited calls and texts plan.
If only they'd install a Telstra Air hotspot on _that_ phone booth
then I'd be able to park nearby and leave a laptop downloading
things while I do my shopping, but no such luck.
Are you that desperate a pov yourself ? Figures given you 'live' there >>> I spose.
No point wasting money if someone's giving you the service for free.
But the free isnt anywhere near as convenient to use.
I can see that some might not have any viable mobile coverage at home
but even then, your own mobile phone is still a lot easier to use than
having to go into your tiny town that likely still has a phone box.
I used to park near places like McDonald's (whose foodI never touch) in >> bigger towns and use their free WiFi,
Yeah, you do see a lot of the pickers outside our
library and one of our malls has free wifi too.
but once more
people started using smartphones which tap into WiFi all those free
hotspots got overloaded and too slow/unreliable for downloading
gigabytes of data in the hour or two that I'd be out shopping in
the surrounding area. So I've given up on that now.
T&C web pages where one's "acceptance" times out after so long and
cuts off in-progress downloads also became more common with many
of these free WiFi providers. Probably to stop people who live
nearby using it for their home internet.
Dunno what the story is with our library.
In another town I heard from across the road someone talking onone
with such loud and vulgar language that they might have been
reading out one of your posts. The old encosed ones were better in
that way, I saw someone using one of them last week in yet another
town.
That only happens in the absolute dregs of the country.
Another curious user was at the other booth after it was was moved.
There was an SUV parked right next to it, hazard lights on and
blocking half the road next to an intersection. A woman was at the
phone booth talking on it. After observing this, a little later I
heard a bang which caused me to look back, where I saw the woman
run around the car and jump in the driver's seat frantically, then
she did a U-turn, turned on to the highway, and accelerated away at
full throttle.
The mind boggles.
Presumably some do use the phone box in an emergency
when they have lost their phone or dont have any credit on it.
On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:46:59 +1000, Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:27:37 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
"Telstra Air" emanates from antennae above telephone booths.
Because that is easy to do, but there are fuck all of them left >>>>>>>>> anymore.
Too true. There used to be one close to my place, but they removed >>>>>>>> it for some reason.
Hardly anyone uses them anymore. I often drive past one
that is still there in a street with lots of blocks of flats that >>>>>>> the dregs of society 'live' in and I have never seen anyone
using one for more than a decade now.
I've seen people using them pretty often lately,
I haven't.
maybe because they're free now.
Can't see it myself given that for most free mobile calls are dirt
cheap.
And now that they are free, I can see Telstra pulling the plug on
most of them now that they get no revenue from them anymore.
Yeah though I'm surprised that they went to the trouble of moving
the old one in the rearby town, which happened after they'd made
them free of charge. They had to cut a (now very visible) track
through the concrete to connect it up.
And to power it presumably.
Didn't bother filling in the hole where the wires came up for the old
one though.
Where are you ? Hard to believe that there are that many desperate >>>>> povs
there.
Rural Victoria. The Princes Hwy goes through the town I'm talking
about and I expect most of those phone booth users are passing
through. Hence they didn't use it in the old location which wasn't
near where such travellers usually stop.
Hard to see that a car owner wouldn't be able to afford a dirt cheap
used mobile phone and a $10/month unlimited calls and texts plan.
If only they'd install a Telstra Air hotspot on _that_ phone booth >>>>>> then I'd be able to park nearby and leave a laptop downloading
things while I do my shopping, but no such luck.
Are you that desperate a pov yourself ? Figures given you 'live'
there
I spose.
No point wasting money if someone's giving you the service for free.
But the free isnt anywhere near as convenient to use.
I can see that some might not have any viable mobile coverage at home
but even then, your own mobile phone is still a lot easier to use than
having to go into your tiny town that likely still has a phone box.
I used to park near places like McDonald's (whose foodI never touch) >>>> in
bigger towns and use their free WiFi,
Yeah, you do see a lot of the pickers outside our
library and one of our malls has free wifi too.
but once more
people started using smartphones which tap into WiFi all those free
hotspots got overloaded and too slow/unreliable for downloading
gigabytes of data in the hour or two that I'd be out shopping in
the surrounding area. So I've given up on that now.
T&C web pages where one's "acceptance" times out after so long and
cuts off in-progress downloads also became more common with many
of these free WiFi providers. Probably to stop people who live
nearby using it for their home internet.
Dunno what the story is with our library.
In another town I heard from across the road someone talking onone >>>>>> with such loud and vulgar language that they might have been
reading out one of your posts. The old encosed ones were better in >>>>>> that way, I saw someone using one of them last week in yet another >>>>>> town.
That only happens in the absolute dregs of the country.
Another curious user was at the other booth after it was was moved.
There was an SUV parked right next to it, hazard lights on and
blocking half the road next to an intersection. A woman was at the
phone booth talking on it. After observing this, a little later I
heard a bang which caused me to look back, where I saw the woman
run around the car and jump in the driver's seat frantically, then
she did a U-turn, turned on to the highway, and accelerated away at
full throttle.
The mind boggles.
Presumably some do use the phone box in an emergency
when they have lost their phone or dont have any credit on it.
Yes, here you can dial 000 free from any phone box. I did just that
once when almost tripping over some drunken derro with his head in the
gutter. None of the surrounding onlookers had a mobile; nor did I.
We had one unconcioius with blood coming out of one ear making a pool
on the road, right in the middle of one of our higher traffic streets very >early
in the morning, just after sunrise. Me and some others all had phones and
the only public phone is half a km away, before the free calls. After they >got
him to the hospital he refused to have anything to do with the cops but did >recover. Made the local non free newspaper and presumably the local TV
amd radio news.
I always have my phone with me when out of the house, I use it to pay for >everything now except the garage sales and it might come in handy if I
ever fall over and break something. I walk quite a bit on very rough tracks >well out of town and could well end up dead if I couldnt walk after >falling.
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