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And, unless you live in a vacuum, we all have heard the debacle surrounding celebrities a week or two ago.
My landline is all mine. No telehone solitations, no more faxes comming in unannounced, no 'empty' calls either.
Ahhh, so just to be whatever, I'd give that up? No, noooo...
What about the rest of you? Will you ever make the plunge into the murky world of cells?
Bored stuck in traffic? (live in Bangkok-stuck in traffic a lot) Do a bit of browsing or check my emails.
Convenient and feature packed. When I eventually lose it I'll buy another one the same day.
It's difficult to work in a high-tech industry and not become a slave to all it's gadgets. The cell phone is where I've drawn my line. I can't imagine anyone needing to get ahold of me so badly that I have to have that accessability 100% of the time.
The rudeness of people yakking behind you in supermarkets, while driving, and even in theatres only further commits my resolve, I refuse to take part in this.
My wife owns one for her business and she is one of the responsible ones: pulls off the road if it rings, turns it off in public, etc. Interestingly enough, she doesn't appear to be prone to the spam. Our theory is that she's using it for voice only and she is NOT on a 100% billion minute plan. She buys her minutes monthly and seldom uses it enough to exceed her self-imposed budget. Maybe that makes her not as attractive of a target, don't know. (dont't care! :-D )
I really do feel that they have taken a large chunk out of peoples lives.
My firm give me a phone for work purposes so I have to have it with me I dont give teh number to anyone outside my department, its not even on the intranet.
have considered buying a blackberry.....
If someone says, "hey I called your cell phone and there was no answer". I say "yeah, I turned it off. If it was important you should have left a message".
My private time is my time. Just because I have a cell phone, people can't expect me to be available 24/7.
I only want it in case my car breaks down, or I am late and want to inform the person I am going to meet. So far I think I have made 3 calls.
-- Zak
straying from the point, i've never (knock on wood) received any spam to my cell.
It's only on when I need to make a call, or when it's VITALLY important that someone reach me while I'm on the highway some where (twice in the years I've owned one). It's for my convenience. That's it. I wouldn't ever turn it on in a public place, nor would I find it necessary to shop or eat with the damn thing plugged into my ear.
I hate phones. The only reason for any phone is for my convenience. If I didn't have to have the landline for dialup, I wouldn't have a landline at all. Which would be effectively no phone, because the cell doesn't work here in the valley. Suits me.... I feel about phones the same way I feel about tv.
It sits in its charger on top of the rolltop desk in my home office. It sits there all the time and never leaves.
That way, in case my rolltop desk has an emergency, it can call me at my other office.
hate mobile phones ..yuppie bijou ..
