Hi Miles.

26-Jan-04 17:44:00, Miles Maxted wrote to David Williams


 DW>> The only thing that is not done well here is ground-station
 DW>> microwave.


 MM> Hey - that's our back-bone here ...

they use point-to-point microwave links for the long distance phone
trunks here too.

What David's describing us multipoint microwave pay TV
I remember they tried it in Christchurch (a flat city of about 300 000)
about 12-15 years ago

 MM> and please be advised that NZ
 MM> has only just gotten clear of its last pulse-code dialling,
 MM> electromagnetic telephone exchange - whose rotary dials had
 MM> numbers running inverted (our 1's were the world's 9's!).

internationally there's atleast 3 different pulse numbering schemes.
many modems can be programmed to select from them.

 -=> Bye <=-

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