foxnews.com — Ericsson has apparently seized the opportunity in using the random, perpetual motion of NYC's cabs to better itself, and has received permission f to install small devices "about the size of a computer modem" into cabs in order to "feed information about signal strength and clarity to engineers."
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davidrsmithDec 31, 2006
....fox news? hmmm.... questionable
rayburyDec 31, 2006
It is smart to use the existing "infrastructure" as you say -- I've often thought that Jehovah's Witnesses should be given brooms and waste cans when they go preaching downtown, to help alleviate litter -- but my first thought is that this is a two-dimensional approach in the place where the problem is most three-dimensional. A good signal on the curbside doesn't mean I'll get squat 50 floors up.
hiyagaiaDec 31, 2006
This will take years to map out, and I've got the attention span of a small monkey ... oh look, potatoes!
zeicheDec 31, 2006
Better idea.. Note the areas that customers call in to complain about. Then fix the areas that the customers care about most. Oh, yeah. That'd mean you'd have to actually have to listen to your customers.
hiyagaiaDec 31, 2006
The flaw with your argument is the company has to wait for the calls, so customers are already angry. They are taking additional steps to ensure customer satisfaction (and additional ad power words --- best reception in new york, etc.).Even if people were to call in, the problem isn't listening to customers, it's finding employees that could handle the immense amount of information and process it in a way the engineers can understand and use.Oh wait, that's what this device does.
allnightchemistDec 31, 2006
Until they do, try a park in Manhattan: Central Park, Bryant Park, Battery Park... all free.