Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Thu, 11 Jan 90 11:14:55 EST Reply-To: Chuq Von Rospach Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: Chuq Von Rospach Subject: Re: Cordless Telephones & Court Ruling X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Jan11.114437est.58690@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu mn@atari.UUCP (Mike Nowicki) writes: > I know cordless phone are probably defined by the court to mean those >phones with an antenna that work with a base unit. Cordless, wireless... > But aren't cellular phones cordless as well? Yes and no. 'Cordless phones' and 'Cellular phones' are two services of phones that are really defined by the frequencies they use. 'Cellular' phones are cordless, but don't use the frequencies allocated to cordless systems. -- Chuq Von Rospach <+> chuq@apple.com <+> [This is myself speaking] The contest is over. Six people got the correct answer. The interesting thing was the reaction to a list of names. You'd almost think that I'd said something negative about them -- which I didn't. The reasons for the list were left to the imagination -- on purpose. The reactions were amusing.