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To: elmatador who wrote (7401)	8/19/2001 4:07:47 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 74559

"Now it is already built. Everyone who needed or could afford a phone already has one. Every company that needed to be connected is connected. Everyone who can afford a PC has already its connection." Which is to say, what? That we have reached the final plateau? --- Something else you stated klanged on of my bells. Today I took a cab from Manhattan to Brooklyn and my cell phone crapped out in the Battery Tunnel. My driver noted that this happens to Sprint phones a lot. I agreed. He went on to tell me about a passenger he picked up at the Plaza the other day, and drove to JFK Airport. He said the guy was on the phone all the way from the time he left the Hotel until he reached the airport, including the Queens Midtown Tunnel, and never dropped the call. This reminded me of the Hong Kong and KL skyscraper episodes that I'd related to you, on previous occasions. At the end of the ride the driver asked which phone service the passenger used. The passenger answered, "Oh, I'm from Isreal, I don't know which service it would be here." Now, we've arleady discussed how the leaky feeders work in the tunnels, gold mines and subways. My only point of confusion is why some carriers don't subscribe to them. I, too, use one of the carriers that doesn't subscribe to the tunnel service. Each time I go through a tunnel, I have to shut the call down and then dial back at the other end (analog roaming, my foot!). What a pain in the arse. Listen to me... are we spoiled, yet? Here I am complaining about a dropped call in a tunnel, when ten years ago having a cell phone that was more affordable than a wireline phone was not only unheard of, but laughable.