Mannerisms

The Scrooge-like attitude to bandwidth of BT and cable TV providers is coming, like Marley's ghost, to haunt us.

Could it be that the land of the free might permit its citizens to access a telecommunications service operating in unlicensed spectrum, using any access device they like?

The more satellites put up for global positioning, the faster it will be to get to the first fix. This will be the major benefit for positioning of adding the European GALILEO constellation and, once repaired, the Russian GLONASS constellation, to the American GPS constellation.

BT's new telly ad which shows a couple of family members settling down for a chin-wag and advising 'better use a landline' has an important kernel of truth. If you want to immerse yourself in a good goss, don't use a mobile.