Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!telecom-request From: rborow@bcm1a09.attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Phones for $29 Message-ID: Date: 8 Apr 91 21:48:32 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 278, Message 9 of 11 Now, Pat, do you really think Cellular One and Ameritech Mobile are truly scraping for customers? On the contrary, I believe they are simply trying to rope the customers in: make great offers (short-term, they're great deals), but make subscribers commit to a time period of service (long-term, costly to customers but $$$ for the cellular companies). I've noticed here in Chicago's suburbs that within the last 12 months, I have seen more and more cars with those recognizable cellular antennas protruding from the back of their vehicles. It's obvious that mobile phones are no longer considered a luxury for the rich only, but a necessity or desired tool for the not-so-rich (like myself -- do you know how many times my old car has broken down and the phone has saved the day?). Randy Borow AT&T Communications Rolling Meadows, IL.