@OHnewsroom: Reporter covering election: "The name of the clown may change but it's still a circus."
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
3G Mobile Internet Comes to Mount Everest
Nepali mobile network operator Ncell has installed the first 3G base station at the summit of Mount Everest, giving visitors, climbers and people living in the Khumbu Valley the ability to make calls and wirelessly connect to the Internet.
To test out the new facility, Ncell also made the world's highest video call at 17,388 feet.
So far, visitors of Mount Everest had to depend on satellite phones to make calls, but now they can do so through a standard GSM, 3G-enabled network. "The coverage of the network will reach up to the peak of the Everest," Ncell Nepal chief Pasi Koistinen said to reporters in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Ncell is a joint venture between private investors and Sweden-based telecom TeliaSonera. Ncell's network currently covers less than one-third of Nepal's population, but TeliaSonera said it planned to invest $100 million in the next year to extend coverage to more than 90% of the country's population.
"This achievement is as mighty as the altitude as 3G high speed internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services to the people living in the Khumbu Valley, trekkers, and climbers alike," said TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg.
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To test out the new facility, Ncell also made the world's highest video call at 17,388 feet.
So far, visitors of Mount Everest had to depend on satellite phones to make calls, but now they can do so through a standard GSM, 3G-enabled network. "The coverage of the network will reach up to the peak of the Everest," Ncell Nepal chief Pasi Koistinen said to reporters in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Ncell is a joint venture between private investors and Sweden-based telecom TeliaSonera. Ncell's network currently covers less than one-third of Nepal's population, but TeliaSonera said it planned to invest $100 million in the next year to extend coverage to more than 90% of the country's population.
"This achievement is as mighty as the altitude as 3G high speed internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services to the people living in the Khumbu Valley, trekkers, and climbers alike," said TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg.
Image courtesy of Rupert Taylor-Price, Flickr
More About: 3g, broadband, internet, Mobile 2.0, Mount Everest, phone call, trending
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
People are more violently opposed to ...
@GiggleFlower: People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
Twitter Link: http://twitter.com/GiggleFlower/statuses/29036429377
Twitter Link: http://twitter.com/GiggleFlower/statuses/29036429377
Friday, October 22, 2010
eBay Offers To Pay You To Recycle Your Old Electronics
eBay has launched a new program that lets people trade in their old cell phones and other electronics for instant cash. If the devices aren't worth a dime, it will send you pre-paid postage to responsibly recycle the device. With the company's new InstantSale website, you'll be offering up your old device to various companies in the business of buying them for valuable metals, components and refurbishing. You plug in details about your device and you get an instant cash offer, deposited to your PayPal account.
http://hothardware.com/News/eBay-Offers-To-Pay-You-To-Recycle-Your-Old-Electronics
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