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From: mks!wheels@watmath.waterloo.edu (Gerry Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Road-Side Phone Sighted
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In article <telecom-v09i0192m03@vector.dallas.tx.us> 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.

Hmmm. I have seen solar-powered roadside phones in Florida, on I-75 I think.
Anybody know how they are connected? They have a long stick above, which I
assume is an antenna, but I've no idea who or what they speak to.
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