Why Japan ban cordless home phones?
336084
Because yo mamma was so dumb, she kept tripping over them all the time.
1087913
hi,nice idea but it posible in india?if u give idea to U.S people they tried these..things.in india u said cell phone what ever tools that govment need it may corrupt.they buy Rs 10 item to 1000.if ur implemented these the system will work  only two days becouse after these mechinary not working properly due to worest of meterial. these system are sutable for rich countries..we have 110 crores of population  data crash  in data bank.\n\nend the correption ?change people mind set not system
910185
It's the problem with the handset.
142350
Throw my cordless phone out the window..
453682
When your home phone is disconnected there is no service-period. There is no legislation that requires them to give you access to 911 services.
677340
I'd say having mobile phones which combine decent MP3 players and reasonable PDA functionality. People don't want to carry separate MP3 player and phone. So the phone companies are working on it, as are Apple, allegedly.
340085
yah go to japan... buy one
734874
no driving while holding a cell phone in California.....you can wear a headset though....
454746
NO CELL PHONE!!!!  Those are used to set of the IED's.  And a mistaken call on the wrong frequency can kill someone.  They had those satelite phones over there, but those do cost an arm and a leg.  As it it, they should be more concerned about getting through a day than calling to chat.  Standing in line a the phone center every now and then is frustraiting, but there is no need to call home every ten minutes.  Don't bother.
156122
As much as teachers and parents think these things are a distraction in school, the ban makes it worse. Our school doesn't let us have anything electronic during the course of the school day. I think this is completely wrong. Here's some things that I think are going to happen in the future.\n\n-Cell phones can be used in school (hallways and stuff), but when in class are turned off and on the desk.\n-iPods, cell phones and other electronic stuff can be used in the cafeteria during study and lunch periods.\n\nI think that mostly the parents and teachers are thinking that the cell phones and other electronic devices can help you cheat in school, which they can. It is going to take a while before schools will become more liberal with the electronic usage in school.
379914
China and Japan do this on a regular basis.  Sadly there isn't any software that I know of that can get around this!  It's blocked at a local level, most often by those in power.
736330
A Swedish study finds that users of digital phones in rural areas may be at greater risk of brain cancer. Its authors say the link is troubling, although they acknowledge that the amount of data is small and wider research is needed to amplify the findings.\n\nThe researchers said that incidence of brain tumors in rural areas of Sweden was much higher among users of GSM cell phones than among rural residents who were not cell phone users. The rate was also higher than among GSM users in urban areas.\n\nThe chance of developing a malignant brain tumor was roughly eight times higher for cell phone users in the Swedish countryside than in urban areas. The risk of developing any brain tumor was four times higher for country dwellers using mobile phones for five years or more, compared with those who did not use the devices.\n\nThe study suggests that mobile handsets in rural areas deliver a higher dose of electromagnetic radiation because they have to transmit a stronger signal to distant transmission towers, whereas towers are closer together in urban areas, resulting in phones transmitting a weaker signal.\n\nResearchers looked at more than 1,400 adults aged 20 to 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant or benign brain tumor between 1997 and 2000. The brain cancer patients were compared with a similar number of healthy adults living in the same area. Each group was asked to recall their daily use of mobile and cordless phones.\n\n"Clearly our results support the notion that exposure may differ between geographical areas," Hardell said. "But there is no information on the exact difference between geographical areas."
783914
Politicians exempted themselves from having to obey the do not call list. Telling them "That may be legally true, but I won't vote for you if you do call" might help. I screen by caller ID, usually avoid unknown number or toll free calls.
951143
I can think of a few:\nThe popularity of mobile phones with more affordable price plans means some people who own/rent their own home can manage without a land-line.\nPeople with cable/land-line connections getting broadband packages and using Voice-Over-IP (like Skype) for phone calls over the internet, means they will be making less revenue on national & international voice calls.\nNow & more so in the future, local wireless broadband networks will mean whole communities will be able to connect to the internet wirelessly via their local WiFi access points.
640852
no, camera phones should not be banned. \n\ntechnology is a good thing... and the problems regarding new inventions and innovations arise because of how people use it, and not merely because of its existence...
1119836
That's a logical fallacy. You're assuming the Japanese companies closed factories in Japan before opening a factory in the US.
937932
Actually KC is VERY wrong as to the application of FCC guidelines on this issue and the abuse of the robo calls by repugnatcuns read on:\nFCC regulations: automated callers must hang up when the called party hangs up.\n\nThis became an issue after robo-caller systems were preventing people calling 911 in emergencies.  In some cases people died because they could not hang up and get a dialtone because the robocaller would not let go of them.\n\n(Tech background: telco central office switches have traditionally been configured in such a manner that the calling party controls the connection.  The called party has to hang up for between 7 - 10 seconds in order to force the line to disengage.  More recently there have been design changes that minimize this issue, but it is not completely gone.  The goal is that you should always be able to get a new dialtone by hanging up your phone for 1.5 seconds, whether you are the caller or the called party.)\n\nAs a result of the 911 emergency call cases, FCC required that these automated calling systems hang up when the called party hangs up, so the called party can get dial tone back and make an outgoing call.\n\nIt would appear that the dirty tricksters have found a way to circumvent the law by having the system release the line on each call but then keep calling back.  HOWEVER:\n\nIn many states the definition of "obscene, indecent, or harassing phone calls" includes placing repeated calls to a subscriber who does not wish to be called.  This activity obviously qualifies under those statutes; typically the violation is a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to 1 year in prison or a $1,000 fine.  It can be argued that the penalty should apply per call or per called subscriber, in any case this adds up to a potentially very large number of counts of that misdemeanor, which could bankrupt the GOP.   Think of hundreds of thousands of calls, at a $1,000 fine each.  \n\nIt can be argued that the repeat calling also violates the intent of the "release the line" regulations because if a called subscriber has the Call Waiting feature, the additional incoming calls will trigger call waiting signals, which interrupt conversation briefly each time the little "beep" sounds on the line, thereby interfering with the life-or-death conversations of emergency calls.  For example, "He's having a (beep!) attack!"  Was that a heart attack, an epileptic attack, angina, a stroke ("brain attack") or something else?  This angle is at least worth pursuing, and if nothing else, the R's attorneys will have to respond to it if it's raised as part of a civil action.