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   Phil Kane to hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com   
   Re: OT: Western Union "camp car" fleet   
   25 Jan 18 16:56:05   
   
   From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:25:34 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >> Not really - they just used the same IMTS technology that motor   
   >> vehicles had been using for almost two decades.   
   >   
   >It seems from the following that the Metroliner telephone service   
   >was more sophisticated than IMTS offered to motorists.  It wasn't   
   >at the level of real cellular service, but seemed to be laying   
   >the foundation.   
      
   Yes, the peripherals and UI were more sophisticated but the technical   
   operation remained the same to a large extent.   
      
   Phil Kane   
   Beaverton, OR   
      
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