Comments on: Ted Stevens–Melon Crazy!

By: Palin Picks a ‘Democrat’ for Vacant Senate Post | Christopher Howell

Sat, 02 May 2009 19:38:32 +0000

[...] what has to be the greatest display of Alaska bipartisanship since Ted Stevens (R) and Mike Gravel (D) made a pact to both become blathering, demented loons at the same time, [...]

By: The Irony! It Burns! | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:38:42 +0000

[...] fantastically ironic. Senator Ted “the Internet is a series of tubes” Stevens has been indicted for making “false statements.” The U.S. Justice Department alleges [...]

By: Guillaume Laurent

Guillaume Laurent — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:37:25 +0000

Chairman of the Science and Transportation Committee ? Ah, didn’t know that. OK, so he’s really a schmuck .

About the motorcycle, I guess that’s because of the “Transportation” bit of the committee’s title – he had to illustrate it somehow.

By: John Paczkowski

John Paczkowski — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:42:59 +0000

Sen. Stevens may well be attempting to describe Fixed Mobile Convergence - it's not really clear. What I found amusing was his apparent unfamiliarty with current telecom services in the states - after all he is the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the telecom industry is one of his top 10 supporters. Oh, and the motorcyle comment made me laugh out loud.

By: Guillaume Laurent

Guillaume Laurent — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:14:51 +0000

I’m not sure what you find funny here. Actually the guy just describes what would be a basic service. About a year ago, France Telecom launched an offer which does precisely that : a mobile phone which turns into a WiFi IP phone as soon as you get back to your home, and of course it has a single number :

http://www.francetelecom.com/e.....60925.html

“unik is a telephone that, as well as offering standard mobile communication, offers unlimited calls to fixed lines and Orange mobiles when you are near a Livebox at home or at work.”