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slynne
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response 50 of 68:
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May 28 21:19 UTC 2002 |
I dont want to get a cell phone because if I do, I will either be
annoyed about how many people call me or depressed about how few people
call me. I cant win and I know it.
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gull
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response 51 of 68:
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May 29 13:14 UTC 2002 |
I don't get depressed about people not calling me. The people who really
care about me send me email.
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jep
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response 52 of 68:
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May 29 15:43 UTC 2002 |
How do people use their cell phones? Is it the primary phone for
anyone?
I'd shut off my house phone if I was sure I could keep DSL without
having phone service. There's plenty of time on my cell phone plan to
cover the number of calls I make or receive.
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slynne
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response 53 of 68:
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May 29 16:44 UTC 2002 |
I have a friend who got rid of his land line and he has been very happy
with it.
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gull
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response 54 of 68:
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May 29 19:07 UTC 2002 |
I figure as soon as I get rid of my land line, I'll have my DSL go out and
need to dial in, or I'll discover I need to send someone a fax. So I'm
keeping it for now.
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flem
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response 55 of 68:
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May 29 19:13 UTC 2002 |
I'd say my cellphone is my "primary phone", at least for my personal use.
I have a traditional phone with voice mail, that I can give to people I don't
trust with my cell number (companies I buy stuff from) or to people for whom
a littly asynchronicity in communications is okay (doctors' offices, e.g.).
But I give my cellphone number to friends, and that's how I make most of my
phone calls, when I'm not at work.
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rcurl
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response 56 of 68:
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May 29 20:16 UTC 2002 |
Is there a web site where I can find a comparison of all the plans
(including coverages, family plans, gimmicks, etc) for all the major cell
phone companies (and, if so, what is it... 8^})?
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scg
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response 57 of 68:
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May 29 22:22 UTC 2002 |
There are a lot of calls I'm willing to get at home, but don't really want
while I'm out doing stuff, so I give my home phone number out fairly freely
and guard my cell phone number somewhat closely. Even when talking to people
I give my cell phone number to, I prefer talking on a land line because the
sound quality is much better.
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tpryan
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response 58 of 68:
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May 29 23:00 UTC 2002 |
My sister has only a cell phone for her and home, with unlimited
or big bunch of minutes. Does she call me on time that would be 'free'
anyway. Heck no.
Friend in Floriday has something like 3500 night and weekend
minutes, and uses them up at 2x on me. You see, in order for me
to hear him now, he has to sit on top of dresser in the back bedroom
of the house. Well, he figured out only the phone has to sit there.
First he calls me, then he calls himself to this landline. Now he
can roam the house on the cordless.
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jep
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response 59 of 68:
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May 29 23:39 UTC 2002 |
Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a columnist focusing on life in the deep South
who appears on Thursdays on the editorial page in the Ann Arbor News,
wrote a column about cell phone usage recently. She said that with
free long distance calling on her cell phone, but no access from where
she lives because she's in the boonies, she's back to doing what her
grandmother did: going into town on Saturday night and making all her
long-distance calls at one time.
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scg
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response 60 of 68:
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May 30 04:26 UTC 2002 |
At 5 cents per minute or whatever it is for land line long distance these
days, worrying about it just doesn't seem worth doing.
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janc
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response 61 of 68:
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May 30 12:24 UTC 2002 |
Re #56: No. There is not a web site that will give a simple comparison
of different cell phone plans. Cell phone are like long distance - what
Scott Adams calls a "confusopoly". They all provide exactly the same
service. So logically, only the cheapest company should stay in
business. However, by offering complex and constantly changing plans,
it becomes impossible for anyone to determine which is the cheapest
plan. People buy one that seems to fit their particular calling
patterns, but within a year the plan they have changes, as do all the
rest on the market. They are then probably no longer paying as little
as they could, but it's too much work to figure it out which they should
switch to, so they stick with their existing plan.
If anyone attempted to create a web site describing all the plans, it
would be a huge amount of work, because their are numerous plans and the
exact details of their charges are difficult to figure out or fit into a
common framework for comparison, and their work would be obsolete within
months as everything changes.
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jep
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response 62 of 68:
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May 30 12:31 UTC 2002 |
re #60: I agree. I took her comment (and her column) as humorous.
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goose
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response 63 of 68:
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Jun 1 02:08 UTC 2002 |
RE#61 -- Check out www.point.com and use their 'compare plans' feature.
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goose
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response 64 of 68:
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Jun 1 02:09 UTC 2002 |
Oh, but to screw all that up some companies offer plans that are not
publicized...go figure.
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jmsaul
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response 65 of 68:
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Jun 1 16:26 UTC 2002 |
I have a couple friends who haven't bothered to get a land line. They each
have a cell phone, and they have a cable modem for internet access, and that's
it.
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mynxcat
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response 66 of 68:
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Jun 1 16:56 UTC 2002 |
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ric
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response 67 of 68:
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Jun 2 14:55 UTC 2002 |
I have a Cingular Home Advantage plan or whatever they call it... I get 350
anytime minutes and unlimited night/weekend minutes with free long distance,
as long as I'm in my home calling area. I do pay roaming out of my calling
area, but I'm rarely out of my calling area and I like to be able to use my
phone a lot.
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eskarina
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response 68 of 68:
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Jun 4 22:56 UTC 2002 |
I got my cell phone last fall, and I would call it my primary phone. I live
in a house with 30 other people, and it isn't really all that practical to
give people who I actually want to be able to get ahold of me the house phone
number. The bank and the credit card companies have that number. All my
friends and the doctor have my cell phone number. The long distance is a nice
feature, but I won't pretend that I used to use $30 a months worth of long
distance before I got my cell phone.
Living in a house with so many people, I like the privacy of a cell phone.
I also like not missing calls, cause I'm never home anyhow.
I leave my phone on 24-7, in my pocket, set on vibrate. sometimes I turn the
ringer on if I am expecting an important call. The only time I don't answer
the phone is when I am in class or busy at work.
And, of course, I dig the caller ID. If I don't recognize the number I don't
answer the phone.
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