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Le Téléspectateur
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posted 11 November 2007 09:38 PM      Profile for Le Téléspectateur     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I guess this is why there are so many new cell towers. And here they had us believing that it was for better reception.

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When cellular phones are searching for reception, they send "pings" or electronic signals that can be picked up by as many as six cellphone towers. The company said the new technology records these pings and uses them to create a three-dimensional map of where the signals originated.

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