4 ms·

Firstly, let's truncate this list: 1. Either one of you have a weak signal. 2. Either one of you are using an earpiece or headset. 3. The other person has

Firstly, let's truncate this list: 1. Either one of you have a weak signal. 2. Either one of you are using an earpiece or headset. 3. The other person has a cell phone (delay problem). 4. Either one of you are multitasking and can't think. 5. Either one of you are in a noisy environment, such as Earth. 6. Either one of you get another call you have to take. 7. Either one of you have a dying battery. 8. Either one of you have a phone that drops calls for no good reason. 9. Either one of you are in a restaurant and isn't a jerk. 10. There is a child within 100 yards of either of you. While each of these gripes are very legitimate, I don't think that they indicate the bell tolling for the end of wireless voice calling. It's very obvious that they both have their uses. Voice calls work best when the environment is well suited for it: quiet place, clear signal, and lots of time/minutes to use. SMS is better for very short exchanges, keeping a record of conversations, or when your signal is unreliable(i.e. the other guy knows exactly what I said or doesn't, shouting through static doesn't help), or when speaking on a cell phone simply isn't appropriate(i.e. library). Sorry Scott, but I have to disagree.

bkmartin 16y ago
I use a cell phone exclusively in my personal life. I have cable internet and do not have a land line, which is about how 20% (As of 2009 and growing) of American's are. http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/05/survey-one-in-five-us-households-are-cellphone-only.ars http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/05/survey-one-in-fi... So lets go through this list and see just how true it really is....by the way, I usually really like Scott's writing and his points, but this one just doesn't fly with me... 1. True, can be an issue, but this rarely is for me as my carrier has great coverage and most of my friends and family are on said carrier with similar great coverage. 2. Get a better earpiece or headset. There are many on the market and you really do get what you pay for in this arena. 3. Delay problem? Maybe on an international call, but even east coast to west coast I don't have any issues with this. 4. This isn't common to all phones? If you don't want to be bothered, then don't answer right? 5. I'm in a pretty rural area of the country, environmental noise isn't usually a problem and a quiet spot is usually easy to find. 6. Call waiting? 7. Yep, this is legitimate. 8. Better phone? Better carrier? Once again, hardly ever experience a dropped call. 9. Once again, choice on whether to take the call or not. Not the wireless phone's problem. If you want, put it on vibrate and call the person back later. 10. This goes with the noisy environment one. And yes, sometimes my son makes a phone call difficult, but that would be the case if it was a land line as well. I personally don't see very much validity to this argument. Sorry.

bkmartin 16y ago

I use a cell phone exclusively in my personal life. I have cable internet and do not have a land line, which is about how 20% (As of 2009 and growing) of American's are. http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/05/survey-one-in-five-us-households-are-cellphone-only.ars http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/05/survey-one-in-fi... So lets go through this list and see just how true it really is....by the way, I usually really like Scott's writing and his points, but this one just doesn't fly with me... 1. True, can be an issue, but this rarely is for me as my carrier has great coverage and most of my friends and family are on said carrier with similar great coverage. 2. Get a better earpiece or headset. There are many on the market and you really do get what you pay for in this arena. 3. Delay problem? Maybe on an international call, but even east coast to west coast I don't have any issues with this. 4. This isn't common to all phones? If you don't want to be bothered, then don't answer right? 5. I'm in a pretty rural area of the country, environmental noise isn't usually a problem and a quiet spot is usually easy to find. 6. Call waiting? 7. Yep, this is legitimate. 8. Better phone? Better carrier? Once again, hardly ever experience a dropped call. 9. Once again, choice on whether to take the call or not. Not the wireless phone's problem. If you want, put it on vibrate and call the person back later. 10. This goes with the noisy environment one. And yes, sometimes my son makes a phone call difficult, but that would be the case if it was a land line as well. I personally don't see very much validity to this argument. Sorry.