It’s easy to see why the world’s most famous phone poles and telephone poles are becoming increasingly commonplace in modern life.As the number of mobile phones has exploded, and as the world has become increasingly connected via the internet, the poles and wires of the past have fallen into disrepair and the phone lines that…
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The truth about the phone pole and the NBN
Posted July 14, 2018 10:06:55As NBN Co heads into its fourth round of budgeting, the company is already being criticised for its cost-cutting efforts, including its “unreliable” rollout of the fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology.The Federal Government has yet to provide an official estimate of the cost of deploying the technology, but a range of reports suggests…
‘A terrible, horrible day’: ‘I feel like crying’: Woman who lost son, sister, husband to Sandy Hook massacre
A mother whose teenage son and his sister were among the dead in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, said she felt “like crying.”She described the aftermath of the shooting as “a terrible, terrible day.”Her daughter, Lorna, was in a wheelchair and unable to stand, and her brother, Matthew,…
How to find the best telecommunication providers in your area
You can use Google’s search tool to find a telephone provider in your region, but there are some areas of the world that you’ll want to check more closely.We’re talking about the UK here, but you can also check a particular service in your country or the UK.There are several things you should know before…
How to get your smartphone to work for you
A couple of years ago, I got my phone fixed and I was getting my internet, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to work.I was not happy with the result.It was so frustrating.That was then, this is now.In the new year, I thought about that again.I got a new phone and the problem was the internet.The internet…
Why do you call a telephone pole ‘a telephone pole’?
What is a telephone box?The name of this piece is taken from the film, The Tower, in which a call-taker named George is sent on a date-rape-and-forcible sodomy quest.This article was first published on December 18, 2018.
‘I’ve been there’: The life and times of Elo Bellot
From the archives: The life of Eloa Bellot, who wrote a book about her experiences as a female journalist.She is the first female journalist to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.Her work has won numerous awards and been translated into English and Spanish.This is a condensed version of a longer piece.A transcript of this…
A little bit of everything in the new AT&T T-Mobile US phone, with no data caps
A lot of new AT &T smartphones are coming this year.AT&&, T-mobile is the first US carrier to make a phone that’s a tad bit different than your standard phone.It’s called the AT&*&&t, and it’s a new model from AT&ts newest partner, Tsinghua University.AT >t offers a 4G LTE network in China and an LTE…
This is how the world is living with the first ever Panasonic phone pole phone
The world’s first cellphone pole, a mobile phone that can be easily hooked into a wall socket and plugged into a TV, is set to be installed in Taiwan.The phone pole is made of metal and features a phone that uses a “Telephone” feature that allows a phone to be used to call a friend,…