 DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
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Re: I can already hear the conversation New Jersey-based Lucent Technologies, a spinoff of AT&T that manages the residential leasing service, said customers were given the choice option to opt out of renting in 1985. The number of customers leasing phones dropped from 40 million nationwide to about 750,000 today, he said.
that's not bad considering 40m to 750k. Some people just like the fact if it breaks they don't have to fix it. Some people have inline for just this purpose. It breaks they call someone else to fix it.
True, for our purpose most of us can fix the relative's lines and such. But for some people who just don't have anyone else to fix things like this it might be ok for them. Some people just don't have anybody else to take care of stuff like this and they are just as alone till they die. Radiodoc is right people get set in thier ways they can't change it. Remember in the movie "Bruce Almighty" that bruce could not adjust "free will"? well if you cannot adjust "free will" what do you do?
Some people even rent cable modems (true you can buy them) but they figure if it breaks someone has to fix it not them. If I knew that someone would replace my DSL modem for free if I paid them a "rental/replacement fee" I would not mind. After all a replacement modem is not necessarily a bad thing. Some people would rather pay than put up with it, or figure out where to get a new one.
From article:
Skalko said bills are clearly marked, and customers can quit their lease any time by returning their phones.
Strogen says she's not a big fan of her new push-button phone.
"I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better."
Now that is interesting, the fact she likes the rotary phone better. Some people just don't like change. Unfortunatley we as geeks and techs have to accept that. Besides, if she likes it better who's to argue with her? Ever hear that old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."?
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
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kudos:1 | I have an old rotary phone in my kitchen. Partly as a curiosity, partly for nostalgia. It's hooked up to my home phone (it doesn't even have a modular jack, I had to hard wire it in!). I love the way it sounds when it rings.
I also have a 5 GH cordless....
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 John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:3 | said by N3OGH: I love the way it sounds when it rings. I have that same sound as the ringtone on my cell. It is funny to see "younger" people say "what's THAT??"
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hurfyPremium
join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA | reply to N3OGH
My parents kept the old rotary til fairly recently.
I still use my old Conair Trimline (a exact dup of the old trimlines but touch tone) Not a rotary but quite ancient and well made. And has survived many MANY drops to the ground with no ill effects  |
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 Jon GebWal-Mart Sucks
join:2001-01-09
Howell, MI | reply to N3OGH
Rotary phone ringers will forever remind me of my grandmas house when I was younger. It was some kind of jarring yet cheerful sound when that phone rang in that country farm house.
I can imagine my granda getting snookered by this fee. |
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