A miniature image capturing lens includes an aperture diaphragm; and a lens system consisting of a first lens having a positive refracting power in which a convex surface of the first lens is directed toward an image; and a meniscus-shaped second lens in which a concave surface of the meniscus is directed toward an object. The equipment handling apparatus includes a base and a mast coupled to the base, an equipment head coupled to and translatable along the mast, and a mounting device rotatably coupled to the equipment head. As a result the interaction is perceived as unnatural by the users and is often inefficient. A subscriber process can access one or more of the data channels and utilize the broadcast data. Preferably, the zone surface area to volume ratio of each zone progressively decreases from the initial zone in the direction of the final zone. Some requests that may otherwise be disallowed are allowed when the WWAN modem is already active to serve another request.