[Vision2020] Cell Phones

[Paul]

Your informant is correct.
You can buy a phone, then purchase minutes on it.
And yes, geography is still quite the factor in cell phone operativeness.
I'm not sure about Moscow and surrounding region coverage, but I know 
once you get into an area where an emergency is a genuine problem
(ie behind a mountain in the back of beyond), it almost certainly won't 
work, for two reasons: a)its probably a place where noone goes(meaning 
no reason
to put a cell tower up), and b) because when something goes wrong, it 
tends to occur at exactly the worst time.

I must admit: I'm studying a highly technical profession, renowned for 
its love of gadgets, but I am strangely gadget-free.
Among other things, its a cost I have no need to incur. Also cell phones 
get more and more multi-function and "cool-factor" every month.
Oh well, ya?

-paul

Saundra Lund wrote:

>Visionaries:
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>In some ways, I'm a techno-geek, but not in other ways.  Perhaps I'm the last
>person in America (at least, according to my daughter), but I have resisted the
>cell phone revolution to the core of my being.  While I could understand how one
>might come in handy a few times a year, and I've always seen the benefit of
>having one for emergency use, I was unwilling to pay a monthly charge for
>something I'd use so little.  Too, I've known people who had cell phones going
>way back to the early days when having one didn't necessarily mean being able to
>make a connection due to geographical challenges.
>
>However, I've been told that reception is better and now there are pre-paid
>calling cards so someone like me willing to purchase the cell phone isn't
>shelling out a good chunk of change monthly for something that will be used
>*very little*.
>
>Can anyone shed more light on this for me?
>
>
>TIA,
>Saundra Lund
>Moscow, ID
>
>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
>nothing.
>-Edmund Burke
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