Sean makes a good point. And so does Martin. The blending of wireless technologies is upon us. Cellphones and "WiFi" LANs are merging. Soon it will be difficult to distinguish between WLAN equipment and Cellular equipment. Some products are incorporating both technologies into the same device.
Phones that seamlessly switch between the cellular network and a local WiFi hotspot are being developed right now. (I'm a few hours behind, one might even be for sale.) The grass-roots, user-centric growth of WiFi is colliding with the telecom-centric top-down cellular systems. Also, it should be reiterated that political strife often brings new technologies into the spotlight. CNN reporters using blogs, Troops using cell phones in Iraq, Writers using exotic WiFi Hotzones to publish stories, etc. This photoblog of strike lines is another step towards an ultra-connected mob consciousness. Who better to sort out this constantly changing landscape than SOCALWUG members! -Mike O. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sean bonner Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:03 PM To: Martin Madsen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Fwd: If you know any unionized grocery workers... Dear Martin- This is a "WIRELESS USERS GROUP" not a "LAN/WAN EQUIPMENT GROUP". The e-mail I sent was of interest to many wireless users, not a political statement, but thanks for jumping to conclusions. If you'd read the e-mail you would see it has little to do with politics, and more to do people using wireless technology to report news and current affairs. Regardless of what their politics are. If you do a google search perhaps you can find some other list that focuses only on equipment, but as far as I'm aware, this list is for discussion of all kinds of wireless technology, especially wireless technology that relates specifically to people in Southern California, which just so happens to be where this newsworthy event is taking place. Have a nice day! -sean On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Martin Madsen wrote: > > > > Sean, > > I get news about wireless LAN/WAN equipment from this mailing list. I > am > not interested in political stuff, please dump that stuff some other > place. > > Regards, > > Martin Madsen > Bel Air Internet > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of sean bonner > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Fwd: If you know any unionized grocery workers... > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: SH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:18:49 AM America/Los_Angeles >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: If you know any unionized grocery workers... >> >> SH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said... >> The UFCW STRIKE photoblog is up and running and, after starting in >> California, the strike has now spread to at least three other states. >> There is already some discussion among union members on the site and >> of course, plenty of pictures from the lines. >> >> http://ufcw.textamerica.com/ >> >> The core issue is that management is attempting to pass insurance >> costs onto the employees AND cut benefits. The result of their >> proposal would force employees into higher co-pay requirements and >> drastically raise the prices of surgery and other procedures. They are > >> picketing in front of stores, discouraging customers to go in. >> >> Please spread the word to anyone you know and of course on the web, >> let me know if you blog this and I will link to it on the side bar. >> >> >> To reply only to the sender, please direct your message only to SH >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> If you wish to reply to the entire list, please be sure to include >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > ------ > sean bonner > http://www.seanbonner.com > http://www.sixspace.com > > > > > > ------ sean bonner http://www.seanbonner.com http://www.sixspace.com
