"Era Scarecrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > >> This situation (where payphones were obsolete) existed long before the >> smartphone craze. > > Perhaps... I may be giving up my cell phone and having no phone > connection. I'd buy a phone card soon, guess what I'd be using if I do > need to make a phone call? :P Cell phones and TV are being pushed too > hard, for less benefit unless you need to use them a lot.
I'm reminded of one of my favorite Futurama scenes where Hermes sees what he thinks is an ordinary run-of-the-mill suicide booth, realizes it's actually a phone, and exclaims something like "Wow! They put phones in booths now? That's great! Now I don't have to lug this thing around everywhere!" and tosses his cell in the trash. I do actually miss pay phones. But at the same time, maintaining phone booths has *FAR* more overhead than not requiring JS, so I don't really complain about it. Plus I only have reason to use them maybe 1-4 times per *year*, wheras the web I need to use all the time. I'd really like to get a WiFi phone actually, and use some free or cheap VoIP service. Yea, WiFi connections are a lot less prevailent (at least in the US) than cell reception, but it'd be good enough for me. You may not think it from the way I drone on and on in this NG, but I really don't talk on phones much.
