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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Cellular Phones (of the Future ?)
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Date: 11 Dec 90 23:02:49 GMT
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In article <1791JKOSS00@RICEVM1> JKOSS00@RICEVM1.BITNET (Jordan Kossack) writes:
|via a simple telephone call.  Returning the call is a simple matter of
|finding a public phone (non-COCOT, please ;-) which I've never had a
|difficult time doing in any urban or suburban area.  So why doesn't

This may be difficult for a guy who doesn't have any female friends to
understand, but my wife is not interested in getting out of her car at
night to use a public phone in certain areas.  (and even this assumes
the car has not broken down so that she has a choice) Depending on the
area, I might feel the same way. By the way, if you take the freeways,
you go through such areas more frequently than you might realize.

|     For situations like these, a pager is better than a cellular
|telephone.  With a good alphanumeric pager, you can wait until you
|are STOPPED at the traffic light before getting the message.  You

Don't be silly. I have to park the car and find a pay phone while
my caller waits? Very convenient.

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