Cell-a-phone

farmerbob298.TakeThisOut@invalid.com wrote in
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> I can not see owning a cellphone, the few calls I make are not worth
> the expense, and I dont want to have to cope with another monthly bill
> to pay either.

I'd like to put it to you a different way.....if you don't
mind....something to think about.

Let's assume some cellphone company has a usable signal inside your
house so you can make/take calls. If not, read no further and disregard
my suggestion.

I'm paying Alltel $39.95/month for 800 minutes, including free long
distance to any phone US/Canada, free mobile-to-mobile to any other
Alltel customer anytime, free nights/weekends/holidays when I can call
anyone and talk as long as I like without using up the 800 minutes. My
"home area" is NC/SC and a region of the border states. As long as I
stay within this large region, there is no roaming. If I go to Florida
on vacation, I buy 100 minutes of nationwide service for $10 to use on
the trip. It's plenty for me. $40/month for all the calls you'd ever
make...no long distance scam of the landline, unlimited service after
9PM weekdays, all day on holidays/weekends.

Now, what did that landline at your house cost you with all the stupid
addon taxes, line access nonsense, long distance games to call the next
county or even across the street in some CLECs?

My contention is you're going at it the wrong way. Landline phones,
which only do you any good if you are HOME, and of no use as soon as you
walk outside, are obsolete, a thing of the past. DUMP IT! Take the
money you save from the useless landline and buy good post-paid
cellphone service from the carrier that does the best job in your town.
There, now you have a phone that works virtually anywhere, you won't
miss that call from your brother just because you're getting a haircut,
and have a phone to call the towtruck when the damned thing conks out
again on Rte 5...20 miles from your silly home phone. You save money
because there is no long distance ripoff on cellphones any more. Get a
plan that has minimal minutes as you rarely use the phone, but has free
nights and weekends so you can call Joe and talk for hours....on
Saturday or after 9PM on Wednesday....literally for free!

I dumped Bell$outh in 1988....and haven't missed their arrogant asses a
bit.

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farmerbob298.DeleteThis@invalid.com wrote in news:d9dt745jbcfoemq9rcilfp7bm9rrn8jid2
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> At the same time, there are a few days each year when I have to
> travel, and need to be in contact with the farm. That's when a cell
> would be nice.
>
>

I see your situation. Too bad the FCC doesn't force them all to serve
rural America.

Thank you for the food we eat. I'm sorry your portion of the profits is
so low.... I was raised on a Holstein dairy farm myself. The Vietnam
draft changed my life. Most all the farms back home are just laying
there in ruin, now.