Consider a Land Line
Get rid of the cell phone. I know, it’s 2008 and the days of phone mobility are upon us. But, the future of the phone has come with ridiculous phone bills. If cell phones are so smart, why can’t the inform customers of the total amount of minutes used per day OR know that calling at 3 p.m. should be skipped since there’s no day time minutes left on a plan? If you’re not paying per minute, then you’re paying per text and then you’re paying more to talk at 4 p.m. than 10 p.m. Does it ever end? $150 bill for using too many minutes in my mind makes no sense. I would expect E.T. to phone home for that amount. And, it seems like prices are only increasing and mainly at the expense of our solo time. Remember when the costly part of a phone was calling long distance? Now many of us can call anywhere in the continental U.S. at a price. Oh, well, if you move towards a land line, you can purchase pay as you go phone to store in your car or handbag for emergency mobile calls.
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