BACK PADDOCK wonders sometimes which comes first - the name or the smartypants acronym.
Telstra was talking recently about its state of the art communications for use in natural disasters.
It already has its MEOW - Mobile Exchange on Wheels - a portable, fully functional telephone exchange and its COWs - Cells on Wheels - which are transportable mobile base stations.
Pity they can't cope up with a fleet of POWs - Payphones on Wheels - to replace the permanent ones they have pulled out of so many country towns.
