Re: U.S. to allow Americans to mail cellphones to relatives in Cuba [Telecom]

Re: U.S. to allow Americans to mail cellphones to relatives in Cuba [Telecom]
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Re: U.S. to allow Americans to mail cellphones to relatives in Cuba [Telecom] Dave Garland 05-22-2008
Posted by Dave Garland on May 22, 2008, 7:41 pm
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>Here's my question. Will relatives send the right cell phones? What
>technology do they use in Cuba? What bands?

Let's see. You've got a monopoly phone carrier, and people start
showing up wanting service for phones locked to other carriers. Even if
the technology is compatible, this somehow does not sound promising.

I smell a cynical ploy to curry favor with the Cuban immigre population.
George knows the phones won't work, but then he can blame it on Castro.

Dave


Posted by Gene S. Berkowitz on May 23, 2008, 10:26 pm
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dave.garland@wizinfo.com says...
> wrote:
>
> >Here's my question. Will relatives send the right cell phones? What
> >technology do they use in Cuba? What bands?
>
> Let's see. You've got a monopoly phone carrier, and people start
> showing up wanting service for phones locked to other carriers. Even if
> the technology is compatible, this somehow does not sound promising.
>
> I smell a cynical ploy to curry favor with the Cuban immigre population.
> George knows the phones won't work, but then he can blame it on Castro.
>
> Dave

Why not just build floating cell towers on platforms offshore of Cuba,
and provide domestic US service to anyone in sight of the ocean?

Every Cuban in FL could just put their island relations on their "family
plan" to share minutes...

--Gene


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