On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:28:03 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> scribbled:

>"P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote in
>news:Vz45j.2844$Vq.1321@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
>> Looking at some of my old Sprint bills,
>> it looks like a $39 plan had about $7.50 added in taxes = 20%
>>
>> So - what do you see on your bill as far as actual plan cost vs
>added
>> taxes ?
>>
>>
>Alltel in South Carolina, here. The $39 plan is over $47 after
>the bureaucrats get their cuts. Every fiefdom wants some. It's
>obscene. There'll be more taxes, now with the additional $25/mo
>EVDO data added to that. $64/mo will total over $75.
>
>I justify it by not having an AT&T landline at home, which I
>consider obsolete. I'll never figure why someone with a
>SELLphone they're paying so much for has another drain on their
>funds with a useless landline with even MORE stupid addon
>charges, like "long distance", a throwback into the 1930's.
>
>People are stupid.

2004, hurricane Frances (or Jeanne, your choice) makes landfall a few
miles south of here. My neighbors couldn't get a cell phone call out for
four days or more. Towers down, overloaded circuits, joy! On the other
hand my 'obsolete', 'useless landline' a 'throwback to the 1930's'
survived both hurricane strikes and we were able to make calls. Hell, I
called my insurance company and made our initial insurance claim during
the height of the storm. You go on staring dumbly at "No Signal" I'll be
talking to my family around the country... Anyone you want me to call
for you, Tech-boi?