[comp.dcom.telecom] Penetrating the Difference: Radio Waves and Cellular Phones

alonzo@uunet.uu.net (02/09/90)

> the amazing statement is made that (paraphrasing) "radio waves
> can penetrate into buildings where cellular telephone waves cannot".
> I kid you not.  I wish I were.

I think you are being overly picky here.  This statement can be made
perfectly accurate by inserting the word "some" before "radio waves".
The interpretation is clear.  Sound can be deafening, whispers cannot.
Not a very balanced sentence, but it is to the average headline, as
Hyperion to a satyr.


Alonzo Gariepy
alonzo@microsoft