We live is a world where phone calls are monitored and lines are tapped. As the politicians soften the public for a life of being listened in to, they tell us that there are BAD people out there, criminals, traffickers & terrorists and we need these laws, and that law abiding citizen have nothing to…
Category: mobile
Finglas/Glasnevin residents win on appeal against 3G mast
from mastRIP.com 3G got Planning for the mast on Advance Tyres, Glasnevin Avenue. But our appeal to An Bord Plenanla, has just overturned the planning decision. Congratulations to everyone… Goes to show what we can do when we stick together. further information will be posted in the next few days back when we sought the…
vodafone hit by viral spam
a viral txt message is doing the rounds on the vodafone network in Ireland, the viral message asks recipients to txt 10 friends (on vodafone network) the news that vodafone 2 vodafone txts are free for life. when you have sent the tenth message you are promised €5 extra credit, then the message signs off…
‘Txt’ is the word.
[first posted to wavelinks 7 in May 2001] 15 Billion Text messages a month are clocked by the world’s 600+ network operators. SMS – Short Messaging Service or Text (aka ‘Txt’ in the classrooms of Ireland) has come of age. It really took off with the arrival of pre-paid mobiles in Europe. Cost conscious teenagers…
Is it time for legal restrictions on Mobile usage?
from wavelinks#6 april 2001 WAP, SMS and PDAs are discreet; voice calls on mobiles in public places are not. In fact, they are becoming more intrusive socially than smoking ever was. Over the past five years (1996-2001) I have carried out a personal non-scientific study into mobile phone usage on the Dublin Area Rapid Transit…