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Wasn't there a mobile phone system that worked with short-range antennas spread throughout the city (e.g. New York)? You'd have to stand in certain locations, i
by Luc 4y ago
Wasn't there a mobile phone system that worked with short-range antennas spread throughout the city (e.g. New York)? You'd have to stand in certain locations, indicated by a sign in the street, to make your phone call.
I can't find anything on Google so I'm wondering if it was a real thing.
- roywiggins 4y agoIt was a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_%28telecommunications%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_%28telecommunications%2... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT2
- kalleboo 4y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Handy-phone_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Handy-phone_System
- PreInternet01 4y agoYes, it was, and these were probably ETSI 300 131 cells ('Cordless Telephone Type 2'), although I'm not sure any networks based on this were ever deployed in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT2 In Europe, CT2 networks briefly enjoyed some popularity, before being superseded by NMT networks for public use sometime in the 1990s. These were analog and had worse audio quality, but at least allowed incoming calls (CT2 was outbound-only).
- IMSAI8080 4y agoThere were several in the UK briefly. The idea was you'd pick up your home cordless landline phone and take it with you, then you could make a call anywhere you saw a "phone zone" sign. Analogue mobile killed it pretty fast and it didn't take off.
- dboreham 4y agoiirc GSM killed it. Analog cell phone existed long prior.