http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20813000 en Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:15:44 EDT Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:15:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20858020 michigandave : No kidding. Besides, someone will need to pick up my slack. I only pay $75/mo for two phones. And if I cancel now to put my money into mass transit, I'm out another $400 for the ETF. Man, the hole keeps getting deeper for me. :uhh:

I think I'll stick to riding my bike to work to do my part.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20858020 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:00:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20853545 Chopstix : And people wonder why this forum is dead ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20853545 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:16:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20826677 hermitage : anyway, the point is that if everyone who kicked in some $$, we'd be awash in cash for good projects.

$60/month * 12 months * 10years * 256 million subscribers = $1,843,200,000,000.00

$1.84 TRILLION DOLLARS

most of that spent on "dude where are you" / " hahah lol " text messages.

we could build something great with that money.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20826677 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:21:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20826630 hermitage : mooore caars gooood.... buses and traaain baaaaad. baaaad.

am i speaking your language now sweetheart?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20826630 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:13:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20818251 Chopstix : Dorothy, wake up. Wake up Dorothy, wake up!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20818251 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:15:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20813000 hermitage : i pay about $100 every month for my cell phone service.

as i look around i see that most folks across a very broad range of income levelss have cell phones.

this article (from a year ago!) says that 82% of americans, 250 million people, use cell phones.

»www.gearlog.com/2007/11/us_cellp···tops.php

250 million * $100/ month = $ 25 BILLION dollars a month.

$25 BILLION a month!
$25 Billion a MONTH!

that is a staggering sum of money. and it would surely pay for state-of-the-art rail systems.

if we also trade our starbuck's coffee along with our cellphones, we could have the trickest system ever conceived! (FREE coffee would easily be covered!)

trade cable tv, and we could have a fleet of fuel cell powered hover craft to take us back and forth to the grocery and office!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20813000 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:04:17 EDT