Not-phorm

[Ian Batten]

On 21 Mar 08, at 0729, Peter Tomlinson wrote:
> Ian Batten wrote:
>> On 20 Mar 08, at 0952, Roland Perry wrote:
>>> In article <E48CC642-9489-41B9-B44A-247DBA15E4FB@imaj.es>, James  
>>> Cox <james@imaj.es> writes
>>>> i'm just throwing out examples of how phorm doesn't make  sense  
>>>> in specific scenarios.
>>> If you want some more of those, how about a wifi hotspot (or hotel/ 
>>> conference[1] networks) that uses landline connectivity [2] from  
>>> one of the phorm-three?
>> How about the media centre for a major sporting event?  Time  
>> passes, and the story can be told as a horrible warning...
> I live right by a sports stadium of middling importance, and on  
> match days get a good signal from their wifi.(No, I have not tried  
> to connect through it.). Get a good one from the neighbours as well.  
> A friend reports that at the top of their house their daughter found  
> 5 networks, but only one was open; since she couldn't access their  
> own wifi from so high up (its hub is deliberately in the basement),  
> one wonders if she takes advantage.

I found, I think, over thirty from above the Number One Garage during  
final qualifying.  Teams, tyre companies (this was back in the days of  
the tyre wars), engine suppliers, the FIA, assorted media operations,  
the ones I was helping with...

ian