Dear Mike, All of our train services here in Geelong, Australia, have 24 hour departure and arrival times.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is manager of http://www.metricationmatters.com an internet website that focuses on the many issues, methods and processes that individuals, groups, companies, and nations use when upgrading to the metric system. Contact Pat Naughtin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2007 03 16 4:10 PM, "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A bit off topic here but do any countries actually use the 24 hour format in > their day to day activities? I have heard it referenced on the BBC site but > especially in the US and Canada the only time 24 hour format is used is in > conjunction with military time and military operations. Do countries exist > where people actually list the time as meeting at 13:30 etc? I've never heard > anyone that I've met from the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, and > a couple other countries ever reference it. Not meaning to be rude just > curious :). > > Mike > > On 3/15/07, Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> CDMA is actually more efficient with spectrum usage. But I find battery life >> of CDMA phones to be less than GSM counterparts. I also hate the lack of a >> SIM card in CDMA phones. CDMA phones have traditionally lagged GSM phones in >> technology adoption like Bluetooth, etc... >> >> Europe just got together and agreed on a standard and moved forward. Most >> rest of world countries copied Europe with GSM. Whereas in the United >> States, we let the markets decide. >> >> Which is silly to me because you have very redundant network build outs. So >> in any one area, you have AT&T Wireless/Cingular TDMA then GSM, >> Voicestream/T- >> Mobile GSM, Sprint CDMA, Verizon CDMA and Nextel iDEN. >> >> Actually Verizon choosing CDMA was something of a big deal. Verizon was >> partially owned by Vodafone, the European provider. They obviously pushed >> for GSM. Verizon had some deal with Qualcomm going (they rule CDMA) and >> that's where they went. Vodaphone over time got rid of their investment in >> Verizon. >> >> What sucked about Cingular buying AT&T Wireless was that really, that should >> have been Vodafone's deal. (I could have gotten that Ferrari or McLaren >> branded cell phone right?) So the United States really should have had >> three GSM providers (Cingular, Vodafone and T-Mobile)....but alas, due to >> some shrewd dealings, the deal was given to Cingular. Do some searches on >> the deal, it was pretty sketchy. >> >> Nothing metric, but everything to do with the mindset of being different. >> >> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:47:09 -0400, Carleton MacDonald wrote >>> > Well, there is something related - CDMA is another case of the USA doing >>> > things differently than 80% of the rest of the world ... >>> > >>> > Wonder which is actually better. >>> > >>> > Carleton >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>> > Of Michael Payne >>> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 23:07 >>> > To: U.S. Metric Association >>> > Subject: [USMA:38224] RE: Brand New Phone, 12 Hour Time. >>> > >>> > Not that this has much to do with metric, but I switched from >>> > Cingular to T-Mobile just over a year ago and I've found the >>> > coverage with T-Mobile better using a GSM phone, I also use my phone >>> > worldwide. >>> > >>> > Michael Payne >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> > To: "U.S . Metric Association" <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Friday, 16 March 2007 02:59 >>> > Subject: [USMA:38222] RE: Brand New Phone, 12 Hour Time. >>> > >>>>>> > >>> You actually cared about TDMA coverage and left Cingular because of >>>>>> > >>> that? >>>> > > >>>> > > Wow, you deserve the 12 hour time then. hahahaha.. Of course, maybe >>>> > > I'm >>>> > > spoiled because I'm in Seattle. Home of both AT&T Wireless (before >>>> > > Cingular >>>> > > bought them) and T-Mobile. >>>>>> > >>> >>>> > > >>>> > > You bet. In 2005 Cingular GSM coverage was only slightly better than >>>> > > T-Mobile, in 2004 it was experimental on the weaker 1900 MHz band only, my >>>> > > phone switched to TDMA half the time. >>>> > > >>>> > > Nat >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >> > >
