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Originally posted by BastardStepChild
Cell phones have become almost a necessity in a short time ... Biggest problem with cell phones in our part of the world is that there too many areas where service doesn't exist because of a lack of towers - Sparse population is a bitch for a lot of things.
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Are cell phones really a 'necessity?' Or have the providers just convinced us of that, appealed to our need for instant gratification, kinda thing. How many people screen all their calls via land-line at home, but hystericaly answer every little chirp their cell makes, because it's, well, "It's the cell, it must be important!"
I could buy the necessity angle for those out in the sparsley populated boonies, but there's no service, because the towers aren't economically viable. Tells you where the providers stand on the necessity issue.
My 67 year old mother has been traveling around the country on a motorcycle, usually by herself, for the last fifteen years, and has never given serious thought to getting a cell; it's pretty pathetic that so many people feel they can't even drive across town without a cell clutched tremulously in their hand...
Okay, so we have two in our family, but the missus works for one of the providers, and it only costs us three bucks a month. We might use 20 of the 1500 minutes we have a month, but if she changed jobs, it wouldn't be much of a loss.
I'll shut up now.