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From: pbhx@midway.uchicago.edu (Peter B. Hayward)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Daily Roaming Surcharge $4.00 per Day?
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Date: 6 Nov 90 21:32:06 GMT
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In article <14279@accuvax.nwu.edu> kaufman@neon.stanford.edu (Marc T.
Kaufman) writes:

>Great.  What a fine, generous attitude.  I suppose when I dial New
>York from my home near San Francisco, I am *NOT* using radio spectrum
>or system resources to find out if the number I want to talk to is
>available.

>Bah!  This just reinforces my decision NOT to get a cellular phone.
>They're just like COCOTs, but they cost more.

Marc, I am mystified by the reason for your angry response here.
Neither of you are charged for "incomplete calls, busy, or no
answers."  How does this make cell phones different from LD carriers?


Peter B. Hayward                     N9IZT/AE            
University of Chicago Computing Organizations