Cell-Capable Modems

[Brian Densmore]

Usually when that happens to me. I turn off my cell phone, so 
when the inevitable call comes half an hour later, I don't answer it.
I then proceed to finish what I'm doing, blowing off the page and all
subsequent pages, and then go home and dial in and fix the problem.
Finally I turn the phone back on and retrieve my messages, call in and
tell them everything is fixed. End of problem.

my $0.02,
Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KRFinch at dstsystems.com [mailto:KRFinch at dstsystems.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:09 PM
> To: Duston, Hal
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: Cell-Capable Modems
> 
> 
> 
> Hal-
> 
> I kinda see it as the lesser of 2 evils.  For Example:
> 
> Let's say it's the top of the 4th, you've spent $50 to get 
> the family to a
> ballgame, and the pager goes off.  You need to look at a 
> process running on
> a server.  Do you:
> 
> A) Kiss that cash goodbye, pack everyone into the car again, 
> drive home so
> you can dial in, and hope your family will forgive you?
> 
> B) Strand the family at the park, go home and dial in, and 
> then hope you
> can make it back before the game ends?
> 
> C) Do a variation on A or B that involves driving back to the 
> office for an
> undetermined period of time?
> 
> D) Go out to the parking lot, get the laptop, and dial in over the
> cellphone?
> 
> As I see it, work is already imposing on me for wearing the 
> pager in the
> first place, and they aren't paying me any more for doing it. 
>  Something
> like this would at least make having a life oncall a little 
> more bearable.
> This same scenario could just as easily unfold at a movie, at 
> a mall, or at
> the symphony.
> 
> So, have you ever used one?
> 
> - Kevin
> 
> PS- I have brought a laptop to a ballgame before.  I've done 
> it more than
> once.  I've also had to leave 3 games early so far this year 
> because of
> this derned pager.  :)
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> KRFinch at dstsystems.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello all!
> >
> > Kinda off-topic, but I figured I would ask to see
> > if anyone out there had some insights.  The idea
> > got kicked around that my team might get a cell-capable
> > modem to go with our new Nextel phone for the person on
> > call.  That way, whenever we get a support call, even
> > if we are at the ballpark, we could go ahead and dial
> > in.
> >
> > Any anecdotes anyone has on dialing in through a cell
> > phone, I'm all ears.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Kevin Finch
> 
> Yes.  DON'T DO IT.  So you're going to take a laptop
> to the ballpark with you?  I can't whistle v.90 either.
> 
> Hal
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