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Re: ba.cellular? Or should we call it ba.wireless?

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From: Sam Habash
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:52
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On 2005-01-04, rone <^*&#$@ennui.org> wrote:

> How about ba.mobile-devices, so it includes discussion of
> not-exactly-cell-phones such as the Sidekick II?  Also, it'll
> forestall pedantry over what exactly constitutes a cell phone.
>
> rone
> and, hey, fourteen characters!

I like it.  

Other suggestions:

Or what about ba.wireless?  If wireless services such as EDGE or WiMax 
take off, it may be worth having something in ba.* space targeted towards 
the technologies, rather than to particular gadgets..  Plus it has a ring 
(heh) to it that the longer name doesn't.

--Sam
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