myths from the cellular front

“Telus is different cause they use towers. Rogers uses satellites, right, so there’s always one around, and if you connect to the roaming satellite instead of the regular satellite, that’s where you get roaming charges.”

And we smile and nod.

Comments 6

  1. onshi wrote:

    Woah.

    Posted 30 Dec 2007 at 1:21 pm
  2. regan wrote:

    you said it. it’s a fallacy we allow to spread, as it distracts them from our true purpose.

    Posted 30 Dec 2007 at 1:39 pm
  3. onshi wrote:

    I hope the misunderstanding is in some way more profound than the mere confusion of “GSM” with “GPS”…

    Posted 30 Dec 2007 at 10:20 pm
  4. regan wrote:

    When you turn on a Samsung cell phone, it shows a brief animation of a rotating satellite dish with the words “searching for service”. People see this and assume they are connecting to a satellite and their words are traveling through space like chuckling moonbeams.

    Posted 03 Jan 2008 at 12:37 am
  5. Robogoat wrote:

    Truly hilarious, but then, most people will believe whatever appears in front of them. That’s why you can still make a living selling penis enlargement pills anonomously.

    I’ll tear out your intestines and make skipping rope.

    What time (of day) did you register for classes? I’ll bet it was in the evening. If so, see you around.

    Posted 03 Jan 2008 at 11:47 pm
  6. regan wrote:

    My intestines are valuable to me. We are evening class twins!

    Posted 04 Jan 2008 at 4:06 pm

Post a Comment

Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *