On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:34:47 GMT, Michael Kelly
wrote:


Thanks Larry,

I appreciate the info, I did not know how long we could still use the
good cel phones. My wife got in on a $15/month cel phone plan, and I'm
at $20.
My wife and I still use our old 3 watt monsters. I kind of take the
Zen view of phones in that "they are my tools, they are not my master".
I've never been tempted to take my bag phone into a restuarant. My
phone can be plugged into the lighter outlet if I want to make a call.
When I use the phone, my conversations are clear, even in very rural areas.

Mike.

I also don't know if you go into the Caribbean, but your AMPS phone
will work most places on small islands with a simple call to 611,
unlike the confusing, incompatible digital schemes they've dreamed up
to prevent churning from company to company. Small countries are
still AMPS cellular.


Larry W4CSC

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