Mount Everest Gets 3G Service

€uroMeinke · 10-29-2010, 10:56 PM

Is this jumping the shark in adventuring?

Read about it here

lashbear · 10-30-2010, 04:12 PM

...and we don't even get proper reception at home !!!!

Disneyphile · 11-01-2010, 02:41 PM

Ugh. It's Everest. Do people really need to Tweet from there? Enjoy the moment, people!

Alex · 11-01-2010, 02:57 PM

Considering that people have been making phone calls from the slopes and peak of Everest for years it doesn't seem that big of a deal (just a different transmission mechanism).

And maintaining the purity of the climbing experience seems too high a price to not get this part: "The 3G roll out will also provide residents in the area with much-needed access to advanced telecom services."

Kevy Baby · 11-01-2010, 07:38 PM

This is just plain wrong: they should have installed 4G service.

BarTopDancer · 11-01-2010, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Ugh. It's Everest. Do people really need to Tweet from there? Enjoy the moment, people!

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Originally Posted by Alex

And maintaining the purity of the climbing experience seems too high a price to not get this part: "The 3G roll out will also provide residents in the area with much-needed access to advanced telecom services."

This. There is no reason residents in the area need to go without just so people can't tweet or Facebook from there.

Disneyphile · 11-01-2010, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

This. There is no reason residents in the area need to go without just so people can't tweet or Facebook from there.

That I totally support. But, I hope people will use good judgment when climbing and not put their entire climbing team in peril by tweeting.

€uroMeinke · 11-01-2010, 07:52 PM

I prefer my undeveloped nations to remain undeveloped for my imperial pleasures

Cynthia · 11-01-2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I prefer my undeveloped nations to remain undeveloped for my imperial pleasures

Whee!

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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Ugh. It's Everest. Do people really need to Tweet from there? Enjoy the moment, people!
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Considering that people have been making phone calls from the slopes and peak of Everest for years it doesn't seem that big of a deal (just a different transmission mechanism). And maintaining the purity of the climbing experience seems too high a price to not get this part: "The 3G roll out will also provide residents in the area with much-needed access to advanced telecom services."
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