iphone too powerfull for Duke...Cool
RALEIGH, N.C. - Apple Inc.'s flashy new iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network at Duke University, where technology officials worked with the company Wednesday to fix problems before classes begin next month.
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Bill Cannon, a Duke technology spokesman, said an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system for 10 minutes at a time.
A single iPhone was powerful enough to cause the problem, and there are 100 to 150 of them registered on the network, Cannon said. Network administrators have noticed the problem nine times in the past week.
"The scale of the problem is very small right now," said Cannon, adding that the...
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Bill Cannon, a Duke technology spokesman, said an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system for 10 minutes at a time.
A single iPhone was powerful enough to cause the problem, and there are 100 to 150 of them registered on the network, Cannon said. Network administrators have noticed the problem nine times in the past week.
"The scale of the problem is very small right now," said Cannon, adding that the...
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That's pretty funny. I'll tell ya one thing...when my son goes off to college in 4 years, he won't be carrying around a $600 phone! Whatever happened to broke college students working their way through school?
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it's called credit card debt
those credit card people hawk all the students the first few weeks of class
those credit card people hawk all the students the first few weeks of class
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sangyup81 said:
it's called credit card debt
those credit card people hawk all the students the first few weeks of class
You're right. And that's really sad. Nothing like starting out in life with bad credit and big debt.
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sangyup81 said:
it's called credit card debt
those credit card people hawk all the students the first few weeks of class
They got me good too.........
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Its not the credit card companies fault. Its those who do not know any better and think credit cards are "free money". Millions use them responsibly.
Irresponsible people will always blame something or someone else for their woes and choices. Just say no. Its easy.
Irresponsible people will always blame something or someone else for their woes and choices. Just say no. Its easy.
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Matt_a said:
Whatever happened to broke college students working their way through school?
it's Duke! A private school that caters to rich kids that hire strippers to support the lacrosse team.
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