February 22, 2007
I've heard of Working Assets before but I think they're blazing a new trail with the Planned Parenthood Wireless plan. 10% of your phone bill is donated to Planned Parenthood...and they'll buy out your current contract? Is this the future of fundraising? What must this gambit be worth?
you can also use them for your land line long distance (very old-fashioned, I know).
I remember the land line business from as far back as when I was in college. I also seem to remember them offering a power utility option but that might not be right...
Does anybody reading this still have a land line that they use? I'm wondering when we can officially declare that business over and done with. I haven't owned a land line in 7 years. I know the ll2/dc and bek/ned households have lines due to contractual obligations from their internet providers. I know nc/hc have one but I've never seen it used. Have we got more than one (human) generation left in land line phone market growth? 'Cause the kids aren't getting them....
I have a land line that I use only for DSL. It's like $5 a month and I can only make like 10 calls a month on it or something.
I really don't like talking on my cell phone much. I think it is great for friends to call and ask me if I want to do something, or to coordinate things, or for an emergency, but I'd much rather prefer talking for a long period of time on the land line phone. It is more comfortable, I don't have to worry about brain tumors, and if I don't recognize the caller ID, I don't pick up. With my cell phone, there is a sense of urgency - mainly because I only give out that number to people who I want to call me. If every call to me went through the cell phone, that would be irritating.
Another added benefit of a land line as habcous' brother found out is that if you don't have power to your house for a long period of time due to a hurricane or some other catastrophe, you may still use your land line, but after a while your cell phone batteries die out.
You can get a crank radio to charge your phone. We donated to NPR this year so one's on the way. I hope it works.
Until satellite coverage becomes more complete on Barton Village Circle (not a circle, nor a village), a land line is a must. Half the time, I can't even answer my cell phone because I have a bar or none. This led to awesome wintry conversations held a few blocks away, since I had to walk to where reception improved. The disadvantage to such outdoorsy conversations was that whenever a car passed by, the person on the other end was inaudible.
So we broke down and got a land line.
Yeah, I'm a little ashamed to admit that I forgot about people living out in the boondocks which apparently includes reid.
You should have a party and have everyone bring their cell phones and the person whose phone/provider combination gets the best reception wins! (the opportunity for a finder's fee from their company)
I had those problems in my old apartment with my old phone and that meant using an earpiece and holding the phone very still in one of the few antinodes in my place. Having found a very receptive phone at this point, you will have to pry it out of my cold dead hands before I will switch.
I still use and prefer a land line. Talking over a wire is always clearer then through the air for me. Heck, I don't even like cordless (land line) phones that much. Always a noise in there somewhere....
Guess I'm a luddite. But that old hard technology is damn near indestructable.
Give me two cans and a string anyday. No service plan there.
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Their usual cell phone plans can support many other causes but it looks like only at 1% of your bill (which still seems like it could be substantial). If only I didn't hate sprint so much last time I used it...
posted by natedogg at 02:53PM CST on February 22