Benjamin wrote:
> >The public [CT2 pre-DECT] networks [in Britain] didn't allow
> >incoming calls at all, whereas I understand that PHS networks do if
> >you're lucky enough to catch the callee in range of a base station.
>
> It would seem you have never used public PHS nor ever called any
> public PHS user.
Indeed no.
<snip>
> CT2 based Rabbit on the other hand was only available in the
> proximity of public phone boxes and therefore they did not even
> bother to implement incoming calls because it was rather unlikely
> that you would ever catch someone in the right moment.
I forgot about Rabbit. Another one that came and went...
> Public PHS has full coverage. You can call a PHS subscriber and
> they will be reachable just as well as a cellular subscriber. It
> is even more likely that you get better coverage with PHS in
> buildings and underground installations, of which there are many
> in Japan, than you will get with cellular.
So why is a PHS phone considered somehow second-class compared to a
keitai? Does it have a undeserved bad reputation due to initial
problems?
<snip>
> There is absolutely no base for conclusions from the flawed CT2
> network in Britain to public PHS.
<snip>
I wasn't trying to draw any. I think you entirely misinterpreted
my email.
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Received on Thu Jul 26 13:00:08 2001