Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: penguin@pro-igloo.cts.com (Mark Steiger) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: PacTel Long Range Cordless Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 03:56:07 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 170, Message 4 of 13 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu In-Reply-To: message from SYSMATT@ukcc.uky.edu Talking about long range phones, a company in Canada was offering a phone with the range of 200 Kilometers. I saw that ad about a year ago. It said it hadn't been approved by the US FCC, so wasn't available. Was this the forerunner (or the reason of installation) of cellular in Canada? [ Mark Steiger, Sysop, The Igloo BBS 218-262-3142 300-19.2K Baud (HST/Dual)] Internet: Penguin@pro-igloo.cts.com MCI Mail: MSteiger UUCP: ...crash!pro-igloo!penguin ATT Mail: MSteiger ProLine: Penguin@pro-igloo America Online: Goalie5 TELEX: 51623155 MSTEIGER