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| Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> It is alleged that unfrostedpoptart claimed:
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> I doubt it. It requires an actual GPS receiver to work, cellular
> triangulation is only an approximate with a wide margin of error.
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> What Verizon is doing is taking a built-in feature of the phone (the
> GPS locator on modern CDMA phones, used for Emergency Call "here I am"
> location ability) and selling you back at an additional monthly charge
> a data service.
Yeah, that's what they're doing if you're using the VZNavigator feature.
The other use of the more accurate positioning system is to sell
location based services to business in order to track their employee's
locations. Disney is using it so parents can track their children.
Maybe it's actually a good thing that the E-911 system used by Cingular
and T-Mobile isn't as accurate! I'm surprised that no one has come up
with a way to disable the tracking system. I can tell you that there are
employees that are very unhappy over what they view as spying by their
employers.
[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going away,
and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding AT&T's
Wireless Service.]
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