Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Road-Side Phone Sighted Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 89 03:49:41 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Mike Morris Lines: 27 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 196, message 3 of 6 In article nomdenet@venera.isi.edu writes: > This morning on my way to work (in Southern California) I saw a cellular >CalTrans emergency road-side telephone surmounted by a panel of solar cells. >The site is less than 0.25 mile from a PacTel cellular antenna. Today I >finally verified that the telephone was cellular; I first noticed it about >mid May. Possibly I've glimpsed others; mostly I concentrate on traffic and >driving, but I'll keep an eye out. > For those others whose past-life sins condemn them to commuting on the >San-Diego freeway, this particular phone is on the south-bound side in the >Sepulveda-pass area, less than 0.25 mile north of the Moraga on ramp; its >ID is SD 423 or 425. The entire Orange County callbox system is cellular based. LA County ones are cellular only where the cost of running phone lines would be excessive. These are interesting devices: the solar panel charges lead-acid batteries, and a tilt switch or a vibration switch triggers a electronic version of a scream for help. Even though, I've seen a couple knocked over and the panel cable cut, and the panel missing. US Snail: Mike Morris UUCP: Morris@Jade.JPL.NASA.gov P.O. Box 1130 Also: WA6ILQ Arcadia, Ca. 91006-1130 #Include disclaimer.standard | The opinions above probably do not even