Comments on: Cellphone Users Trading Phone Wires for Booze http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/07/cellphone-users-trading-phone-wires-for-booze/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bob Deloydhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/07/cellphone-users-trading-phone-wires-for-booze/#comment-155631 Bob Deloyd Sun, 10 May 2009 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=12982#comment-155631 This paragraph doesn't make sense to me, am I reading it wrong??? "The 2007 report found some sparsely populated states had the highest proportion of cellphone only homes. While that might appear strange given that network coverage is often weakest in such states, one explanation was that people in rural areas with poor access to broadband services were less likely than their metropolitan counterparts to keep a landline operating solely to get internet access." I live in a rural area and I have both cell and a landline dialup. I only have the landline dialup so I can connect to the internet (broadband services out here are too expensive, like $50 or more a month, that I can't afford). 56kbs sucks!!! //bob This paragraph doesn't make sense to me, am I reading it wrong???

"The 2007 report found some sparsely populated states had the highest proportion of cellphone only homes. While that might appear strange given that network coverage is often weakest in such states, one explanation was that people in rural areas with poor access to broadband services were less likely than their metropolitan counterparts to keep a landline operating solely to get internet access."

I live in a rural area and I have both cell and a landline dialup. I only have the landline dialup so I can connect to the internet (broadband services out here are too expensive, like $50 or more a month, that I can't afford). 56kbs sucks!!!

//bob

]]> By: Bob Deloydhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/07/cellphone-users-trading-phone-wires-for-booze/#comment-271454 Bob Deloyd Sun, 10 May 2009 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=12982#comment-271454 This paragraph doesn't make sense to me, am I reading it wrong???"The 2007 report found some sparsely populated states had the highest proportion of cellphone only homes. While that might appear strange given that network coverage is often weakest in such states, one explanation was that people in rural areas with poor access to broadband services were less likely than their metropolitan counterparts to keep a landline operating solely to get internet access."I live in a rural area and I have both cell and a landline dialup. I only have the landline dialup so I can connect to the internet (broadband services out here are too expensive, like $50 or more a month, that I can't afford). 56kbs sucks!!!//bob This paragraph doesn’t make sense to me, am I reading it wrong???

“The 2007 report found some sparsely populated states had the highest proportion of cellphone only homes. While that might appear strange given that network coverage is often weakest in such states, one explanation was that people in rural areas with poor access to broadband services were less likely than their metropolitan counterparts to keep a landline operating solely to get internet access.”

I live in a rural area and I have both cell and a landline dialup. I only have the landline dialup so I can connect to the internet (broadband services out here are too expensive, like $50 or more a month, that I can’t afford). 56kbs sucks!!!

//bob

]]> By: Miss Cellaniahttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/07/cellphone-users-trading-phone-wires-for-booze/#comment-155144 Miss Cellania Fri, 08 May 2009 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=12982#comment-155144 It's much easier for low-income people to get cell phones compared to land lines. Prepaid phones come with no credit check, no deposit, and no monthly bill. You buy minutes when you have the money. And yes, moving often has something to do with it. I know a lot of folks who have cell phones, but they can't use them until they get more money. It's much easier for low-income people to get cell phones compared to land lines. Prepaid phones come with no credit check, no deposit, and no monthly bill. You buy minutes when you have the money. And yes, moving often has something to do with it. I know a lot of folks who have cell phones, but they can't use them until they get more money.

]]> By: Miss Cellaniahttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/05/07/cellphone-users-trading-phone-wires-for-booze/#comment-271453 Miss Cellania Fri, 08 May 2009 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=12982#comment-271453 It's much easier for low-income people to get cell phones compared to land lines. Prepaid phones come with no credit check, no deposit, and no monthly bill. You buy minutes when you have the money. And yes, moving often has something to do with it. I know a lot of folks who have cell phones, but they can't use them until they get more money. It’s much easier for low-income people to get cell phones compared to land lines. Prepaid phones come with no credit check, no deposit, and no monthly bill. You buy minutes when you have the money. And yes, moving often has something to do with it. I know a lot of folks who have cell phones, but they can’t use them until they get more money.

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