Posts by simon 5 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Nov 2007
Mobiles output the minimum amount of RF required to communicate with the mast, so if there are less masts then your average distance to a mast is going to increase - your handset will output more RF and your battery will need charging more frequently.
Now you need to figure out what the total extra power use is on the handset side, deduct from the network side savings and decide if it's worth the effort.
Good way to move the cost of power from the provider to the consumer though.
re "What a load of dicks you all are, if it weren't for microsoft none of you would be posting comments on this story infact we would all be probably worse off."
If it weren't for Microsoft then there wouldn't have been a story. I shall spend the remainder of the day contemplating how I would be worse off had I not been able to comment.
Suggestions welcome.
"Just like if you ask the average moron on the street if a plane or car is safer, they might actually say car... even though you are far less likely to be injured or killed while flying the plane. The most dangerous part of the whole trip is getting to and from the airport. But, the plane crash that kills 100 people is much more highly publicized, but the thousands of highway fatalities each year you never hear about, unless it's a handful at a time. It's sick, and it greatly distorts the world view."
It depends on your viewpoint, per passenger mile planes are safer, on a per hour basis you are much more likely to die on the plane.
http://www.meretrix.com/~harry/flying/notes/safetyvsdriving.html
The airline industry favors the per passenger mile metric for obvious reasons.
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