I haven't gotten a cell phone yet, cuz they all suck. Many times I've
talked to someone using one, I wind up calling them back cuz their
phones don't work consistently (dropped connections, bad batteries; no
they are not hanging up on me ;-)).

Also, they are more expensive than landline basic service generally,
from what I have read. Also I don't want to have to hire a lawyer to
figure out what the terms of the agreements are, nor spend the time with
a magnifying glass trying to read them myself-they often don't honor
their contracts anyways.

Until cell phone industry improves, it's really a scam, imo. Only real
advantage is for rescue or heart attack, or use in third world
countries.

However, even given this I may break down and get a prepaid if QWORST
continues to place fraudulent charges on my bill. Or I might upgrade my
wifi and try the free route. I am already getting my wifi free and
happily using the steady stream of cox, QWORST and isp junk mail for
firestarting kindling.


dold@04.usenet.us.com wrote in news:en29tc$b7g$2@blue.rahul.net:

>
> I didn't reply to the original poster because that seemed more a rant
> about some telco billing issue that included not being satisfied with
> cellular carriers for presumed ill actions in the future.
>
> I wouldn't consider Skype as a full replacement for my home phone.
> The Skype-out quality to landline phones is poor for me. Skype-Skype
> is fine, in the US, Europe and Australia. It does occasionally freeze
> or break up during video calls.
>