Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Technology Stocks & Market Talk With Don Wolanchuk -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Carragher who wrote (126982)	5/28/2019 5:32:09 PM
From: Jamie153	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206760

If we assume the trade war is really about 5G (it is) and we already lost the war (we did), then the government is blowing smoke to hide this loss. The highest paid CEOs in the world got beat by a communist country. Damn pathetic.

To: John Carragher who wrote (126982)	5/28/2019 5:55:41 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206760

It wouldn't surprise me that the Chinese government has access to the data on their (huawei ) phones that run on their own networks. I believe that is one of many reasons to not use one if in China if you have a choice... better to have data encrypted if possible, but I really don't know. As for being behind in 5G noise... I agree. China is behind Taiwan, Korea and the US in chip technology and the lead may have grown in the short term. I don't see how you can be a leader and "win" the battle with chips that are not state of the art. I read last year that Verizon was building their own 5G equipment... it would be interesting to actually get a look inside and see what they used. theverge.com

To: John Carragher who wrote (126982)	5/28/2019 6:05:42 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 206760

BTW, back in the early 1990s I bought a $400 portable scanner to listen in to what the tower was telling the pilots landing at SFO was the current wind conditions. It saved me tons of time avoiding driving to windsurf when there was no wind or poor quality wind. There was a simple, "but not really legal" mod to the scanner that allowed it to listen in on 1G phone conversations which were all on analog phones back then... I guess my scanner fell off the table, a few parts fell off, and it started to pick up the calls! Most of the calls back then in the evening were by those who could afford them for business... mostly "escorts" getting details about dates from their "brokers." Then "The Wire" came out on HBO.... I haven't trusted anything posted by PMs here, on FB, said on a phone, etc. since then.... especially if you watch spy shows or read spy novels... the NSA supposedly listens for key words from terrorists then monitors the calls.