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srufolo1
2/26/2018 11:13:14 PM
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Re: 5G
@Joe Stanganelli Yes, Americans, ever the rational thinkers. It's also that the train system in Europe is the most popular way to travel across countries, and it's been perfected for comfort, speed and convenience. Here in the U.S., you can't even get from Long Island to Manhattan without some kind of problem, such as long delays, etc ... Our infrastructure, quite frankly, su-ks. Half the time, we can't even keep the train on the track! And nobody ever appears to want to do anything about the problem, except finger-point. It's a pleasure to take trains in Europe that slice through mountainsides and offer views of cows with tinkling bells in the Swiss countryside. Here, we take a train (or not) just for the drudgery of getting to work or whatever the reason. Therefore, we Americans prefer to be miserable in private.
Re: 5G
@afwriter: Indeed, different strokes for different folks. A lot of people prefer the train/bus/etc. because of the concentration demanded -- and stress resulting -- from driving. A lot of people prefer driving as a matter of independence.
Re: 5G
@srufolo: Eh, you're speaking to one who prefers driving. I'll still take public transit as reasonable, but it's just awful here (some particular trains/lines more than others) -- made worse by the fact that a lot of the Big Dig debt was transferred to the MBTA (the authority that runs the trains, subway, and buses in the Boston area), making improvements requiring capital expenditures quite few and far between.
(And that's to say nothing of, ahem, allegations of long-standing rampant corruption and incompetence.)
elizabethv
2/28/2018 10:54:06 PM
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Re: 5G
@srufolo1 - I hope the future of trains in America is a little brighter than the picture you paint. I recently moved to a more remote area of Colorado, but I've been told there is a bullet train coming within a few years that will allow people to get from the airport to a nearby town in 15 minutes. Realistically the idea kind of scares me. And I've been on the train that takes you from London to Paris through the Chunnel. So why it scares me, I'm not so sure.
elizabethv
2/28/2018 10:58:57 PM
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5G
I would be interested to know what the trials consisted of eniterly. Perhaps they used various aspects of 5G technology, and that's why the specifics are lacking somewhat. I'm curious if they completed a phone call also, or were they more along the line of app useage. I think phone calls could definitely stand to use an increase in technology more than a few other types of functionality. I like to think I'm satisfied with current internet communication speeds, but I also would imagine in about a decade I'll look back on today's technology similar to the way I currently look back on AOL-type technology.
elizabethv
2/28/2018 11:01:23 PM
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Re: Interoperability
@afwriter - I think working together is going to revolutionize technology in ways we never imagined. I hope that in time, most systems will be far more compatible with one another than they currently are. With inter-operability we all only really stand to gain.
Michelle
2/28/2018 11:03:31 PM
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Re: 5G
Public transit in large communities doesn't have the best reputation. I like to think the problems are because of silly government rules and sluggishness, not corruption. That can't be all true of course.
elizabethv
2/28/2018 11:04:18 PM
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Re: 5G
@afwriter - That is such a true statement! I absolutely love my car! I can't imagine living in this country without it. The transit system just isn't on par to allow for sanity and going without a vehicle. But having been in Europe, I could easily live without a car. In fact, I doubt I would consider owning one at all. It was so nice to be able to walk such short distances to get from one place to a train station, get on a train and go to a completely different side of the city.
srufolo1
3/1/2018 12:35:48 AM
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Re: 5G
@elizabethv I hope so too. Funny, they can get a bullet train to a remote area of Colorado before they can get broadband to remote areas. And funny you should mention the Chunnel as I was just thinking of it while driving through the Lincoln Tunnel the other day, which I panic every time I do so. I was thinking to myself as the traffic kind of slowed down in the tunnel, I wonder how long it takes to get through the Chunnel, and how people can go through it and keep their sanity. Maybe I feel like I am in a sealled coffin where anything can happen but I don't like tunnels. How was that experience for you in the train through the Chunnel?
Re: 5G
@Michelle: Trust me. Political corruption in Boston is a thing. Remember, this is the town that was once effectively run by Whitey Bulger.
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