gormandizer's comments

On: US Government makes $42M bet on open cell networks...

[gormandizer]

Verizon shutdown CDMA on December 31 2022.

On: Beeper Mini is back

[gormandizer]

Beeper on main(ish)stream media.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/12/11/apple-shutters-new-app...

On: One Year into Musk, X Monthly Users Are Down 15% a...

[gormandizer]

Would be nice if an unofficial, unambiguous term caught on, 'twitteX' or 'twiXer' or ???.

[happytoexplain → gormandizer]

If we're going for unofficial and unambiguous, there's always... Twitter.

[timbit42 → gormandizer]

Many have been using Xitter for months, with the 'X' pronounced as 'sh'.

[catlover76 → gormandizer]

There already is one: Twitter

On: Building a Personal VoIP System

[gormandizer]

TRIP/ITAD is/was a framework that I believe was designed to facilitate this. Unfortunately it never took off. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2871

On: Thinking about our passive exposure to IPv6 issues

[gormandizer]

> T-Mobile and Verizon both use CGNAT

FWIW Verizon FWA does NOT use CGNAT for IPv4.

[daydream → gormandizer]

I assume “FWA” means “fixed wireless access”.

I’ve seen Comcast business also use CGNAT.

On: iMessage on Android Wait List

[gormandizer]

I was hoping to see some discussion from the HN community too. After reading [0] I'm not in any hurry to be an early adopter. Sunbird does seem encouraging however and will be following their progress.

[0] https://www.droid-life.com/2022/12/02/sunbird-imessage-andro...

On: IRS will look into setting up a free e-filing syst...

[gormandizer]

"Congress should wear jackets like NASCAR drivers so we can know who bought them."

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/north_...

On: Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free

[gormandizer]

In addition to the USNO master clock there are also

  WWV Colorado: 303-499-7111
  WWV Hawaii:   808-335-4363

On: U.S. FAA clears 45% of commercial plane fleet afte...

[gormandizer]

C-Band in the US is rolling out in 2 phases, the first uses spectrum from 3.7 to 3.8 GHz. The second - in roughly two years - adds the remaining 3.8 to 3.98 GHz. So for the first two years the spectrum used by C-Band 5G in the US is essentially the same as in most of the rest of the world.

https://www.commscope.com/blog/2021/maximizing-c-band-deploy...

On: FAA Shows ‘Sample NOTAMs’ for Possible 5G Restrict...

[gormandizer]

In my opinion this is required reading: https://wetmachine.com/tales-of-the-sausage-factory/what-the...