"George" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/25/2012 8:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I finally did it. Bought a new tracfone and upgraded to camera and
>>> broswser capability. I will send my daughter a picture on her
>>> birthday, she being convinced I'm a cellphone dunce. Also jes got a
>>> new flat panel LCD monitor, my old CRT monitor having died last
>>> weekend. Jay-sus! ....I'm being dragged into the 21st century,
>>> kicking and screaming.
>>>
>> LOL! I just cancelled my cell phone service today. It was a ridiculous
>> waste of money. I can't get a signal unless I walk to the end of the
>> driveway, cross both fingers, hop up and down on one foot while reciting
>> poetry We're talking serious lack of cell coverage here. I have a
>> land line. No longer a cell phone.
>
> Often it is just a matter of switching carriers since it is pretty common
> for the carriers to have different cell site locations. My phone is on VZW
> and there are 3 bars when in the basement. tmobile as an example might be
> available here if you walk down the street and find just the right spot
> and don't move.
>
George, I'd rather spend the $35/month on groceries. I live on what is
pretty much a string of barrier islands. None of my friends and neighbors
have cell phones because they don't work here, regardless of the carrier. I
was late to the game on figuring out I don't have a need for a cell phone.

Jill