Community weekly poll: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not?
- 3/6/07 1:41 PM
Can live without. NO cell phone
by K9Mike - 3/7/07 8:17 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I wanted one for a one month project. Sales rep demanded a 18 month contract. NO flexability in cell plans. I said NO. Do not have one. No plans to get one.
Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not?
by The Santa Clause - 3/7/07 8:27 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Though disabled I travel a lot, and having a cell phone is a major part of my lifeline. I will be totally in the dark without it. There are many beneficial necessities in having a cell phone. I can go to the web-site call emergency etc. As for being in a dead zone? Well who in their right mind would buy a cell phone if they live in a dead zone. What company in the world will want to make that much money as to sell you a phone that does not function where you live? I would have to say that common sense and practicality has to exist here. As for being in a dead zone? I always carry a 18 mile walkies talkie just in case I get stranded and am in a dead zone.
Cell Phones vs Land Phones
by ghardin - 3/7/07 8:42 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
We once had a home phone (land phone) and then got our cell phones. When we moved, we no longer needed a home phone because we got our internet through the basic cable. We have cell phones because I have heart problems & having 911 as my first number to use then the 2nd for my hubby, makes it important for me to have my phone with me at all times.
I do have big concerns about our future in communications. What if something were to happen that all the radio frequency, microwaves or whatever else they're called, becomes disrupted or stops completely? The land phones would probably be the only form of communication left to use. They no longer teach Morse Code in the service either. With pay phones (also land phones) getting harder & harder to find, it may be near impossible to get a message to loved ones or any information if something happened.
I am not a slave to my phone. I know how to retrieve my messages for missed calls. I don't answer calls during a meal even at home. I let it ring if I'm in the bathroom. I don't have call waiting or if I do I don't use it & I certainly don't answer it if I'm visiting with someone already! I may use the phone very briefly while driving a car but I do so only when I'm secure in slower traffic & not having to focus a lot for a couple of minutes. My phone is turned off in the theatre & turned down to 1 or vibrate at the doctor's office. I use a handsfree earpiece most of the time. I am a very conciencious person for others & think of how I want to be treated.
I think most people use their phones regardless of who they're with or what they're doing. It is very rude.
I MAINLY USE MY CELL FOR EMERGENCIES
by mandrewwhiteman - 3/7/07 9:56 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Because I rarely use my cell and carry it mainly for emergencies, I almost never use any of my anytime minutes. Only once in 7 years have I maxed out my anytime minutes and gone into my bonus minutes! But I sure feel lost if I forget to bring my cell on a walk.
http://www.lowcosttelecommunications.biz/Wireless.html
Probably could...But PAY-PHONES -- should stay...
by wiltonroses - 3/7/07 10:28 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
...particularly in areas such as train and bus stations, shopping centers, public parks and beaches, theaters, restaurants, etc.
There are still many problems with cell phones, such as:
1. Environmentalist-mandated cell-free areas, such as in the Adirondack Mountains, along highway I-87.
2. "Blind spots" due to high-rise buildings or irregular terrain.
3. Poor sound quality..."elevator music" is always annoying, but it's almost torture to hear it over a cell phone. Cell-to-cell conversations can also be bad.
4. People like myself, who want a cell phone only for telephone calls, find some of the other ******** a nuisance -- particularly if one accidentally manages to change one of the control functions, or receives a text-message answer to a question which could have a simple synthetic-voice answer.
Cell Phones, the Good and the Bad
by tonyny77 - 3/7/07 10:31 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Yes, I can manage without my cell phone. However, I do not deny that taking away my phone would require some adjustment on my part.
I don't know when the proverbial pendulum will begin to swing the other way, but I believe that cell phones and other instant-contact technology products have caused a fair amount of harm in addition to the good they have done.
The ability to do more with less and squeeze more time out of a 24 hour day have indeed increased efficiency in our daily work and personal lives. However, the downside is that many enterprises AND people have become “slaves” to these new devices by pushing our expectations to new heights ... to unreasonable heights, I believe.
Trying to take phone calls in movie theaters, using a Blackberry while driving, keeping in touch with the office during one’s vacation, to name just a few, have created permanent adjustments in our behavior. Obviously, not all of these changes are for the better.
I don't own a cell phone and don't want one
by arminfields - 3/7/07 11:03 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a home phone with an answering machine and that is more than enough. (I need the anwering machine to screen out the way too many telemarketer jerks).
People are very rude when they use their cell and don't seem to care if they annoy their neighbors, for example, in the doctor's waiting room, waiting on line, or shopping at Costco. Cell users also can't seem to enjoy the natural beauty of the beach or park, and must constantly yak and yak. I think it's an addiction and I'm happy I don't have or need one.
I would buy a cell for emergencies such as a car breakdown, but even the cheapest calling plans I've found expire too fast for me. Are there any plans that NEVER expire and that are inexpensive?
Armin
i could not...
by zinkerbell - 3/7/07 11:08 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i couldnt live without my cell phone ever! - dont have a home phone and have teenagers that need to check in
Live without a cell phone
by laffanyway - 3/7/07 11:30 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Absolutely..I do not have one, for emergencies on the road I will use my On Star.
Everyone who signs up for a cell phone should have to pass an etiquette course because the rest of the world does not want to hear what you want, need ,do, fight ,etc.
The language people use is often offensive.
Get with the times
by ReneB47 - 3/7/07 11:43 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Similar arguments were brought up when automobiles first came out. Then, there were no signals, streets, traffic officers, etc. It was vehicular anarchy on the road. The car radio. That almost didn't even pass congress. Same with the radio, tv, etc. The argument about if a particular new technology is so imparative to the existence of life that we can't do without it has been debated forever. If you don't like cell phones, then get rid of your car, tv, radios, computers, anything "new" in the last 100 years. If you where around in the '50s or earlier, you my not necessarily have had a radio in your parents car. If you grw up in the '70s, I HIGHLY doubt you had more that a digital calculator. All in all, we have to attempt to stay with the times, or go home. I personally have become soully dependant on the latest technology that I literally bring my laptop everywhere, get anxious if I am out of cell coverage for more than 6 hours (camping can be a hard trip), and I usually make hotel reservations largely based on there internet availability. But, this is the world I live in, it's part of my job, literally. The rest of my world revolves around the same principle. It's also what I grew up with (I'm 27). I don't really know anything else. My own computer at 12, internet (yes, 14.4 modem) at 14, pager (those full text/news/etc) at 16, cell phone at 18, PDA's, smart phones, etc. My only fear is that as I grow old, I loose touch with technology and start to complain about all of those holographic computers everyone is walking around with.
Rule technology, or be ruled by it!
by stanb17 - 3/7/07 11:57 AM In reply to: Get with the times by ReneB47Holographic computers. Good one.
I'm 46. As a self-employed web developer, I embrace tech. My daughter is 6 but has had a Win98 notebook for 3 years (in the family room facing the adults, security maxed, Freddie Fish is her fave). Technology is one of those things that you either rule or you will be ruled by it. My step day is in his 70's and rocks on the PC. My Mom doesn't know how to turn one on.
I feel sorry for those people who do not take the time to understand technology, people, society, how the brain processes memory. While it may be true that you do not need to understand a technology in order to use or appreciate it, it is also true that if you do not take the time to use a technology or even understand it a little, you do not have the right or ability to criticize it. I'm seeing a lot of that in this tread and it makes me sad that people feel compelled to chime in on things they know nothing about.
SB
Get with the times Pt. 2
by ReneB47 - 3/7/07 11:59 AM In reply to: Get with the times by ReneB47None of this, though, negates common courtesy and logic. If I am ever in a restaurants, airport, movies etc., my cell is off or vibrate. I have bought bluetooth and other hands free devices since my first phone, and rarely answer the phone on the road. It's something people have to be conscious of, respect the upsides and downsides of, and unfortunately I think the government needs to enforce harsher law for this. Hopefully in 2020 when cell phones have been around for half a generation, they will be as common place as the car radio and computers.
Right on
by stanb17 - 3/7/07 12:19 PM In reply to: Get with the times Pt. 2 by ReneB47Agreed. I caught myself once, a long time ago, on the phone, not paying attention. I was so riddled with guilt, I have been hands free ever since. I do not ever want to be that person. You them. The idiots that chat away endlessly in heavy traffic.
It's also how I feel about my kids. If I go into a store they go with me. Even if it is for a single second. Sure it's a bit of a pain, but I never want to be THAT person who's kid was just abducted while I was in buying a lottery ticket. It would seem that common sense is in short supply for most of America these days. If you don't want something bad to happen... do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn't.
Peace
SB
Buy smart and it is not that expensive.
by LionsMike - 3/7/07 11:55 AM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My cell phone is through STI Mobile purchased at Cumberland Farms. The phone cost $19.99 to buy the minutes are $.12 each days and $.10 nights. the initial set-up fee was $4.65 which was taken off my first $10.00 pepaid voucher. There is no minimum requirement except that you have to use at least 1 minute every 60 days. or pay the $4.65 set up fee again. I have purchased 4 $10.00 cards in 16 months. If you amortize the price of the phone into the time it has cost $3.75 per month. If you don't include the purchase price and set up fee the use has cost $2.20 a month.
I can afford that for a cell phone.
No landline
by jahan - 3/7/07 12:14 PM In reply to: Could you live without your cell phone? Why or why not? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My wife and I recently dumped our landline and now only have two mobiles and Skype. It is cheaper than having the landline and two mobiles, because of the plans offered by one carrier.
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