Re: <nettime> Cellphones and the Cancer of Cellspace

["cpaul" <chris@nait.nl>]

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has banned royal servants
from carrying mobile phones because their constant ringing drives her mad,
the top-selling Sun tabloid reported on Monday. The queen issued the
command after a series of family meals and formal dinners were interrupted
by the ringing of mobile phones, some programmed with tunes from popular
television programs, the paper said.

"It is fair to say the queen was not amused when the phones started
ringing incessantly," an unnamed Buckingham Palace source was quoted as
saying.

The ban applies to all staff at the royal residences of Buckingham Palace
in London, Sandringham in eastern England and Balmoral in Scotland. The
Sun quoted Buckingham Palace officials as saying that written guidelines,
based on common sense and good manners, had been given to staff. Pay
phones are available at the palaces for staff who need to make personal
phone calls, the officials said.






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