Comments on: Luddite Speaks: Deep-six gadgetry

By: Mary@SimplyForties

Mary@SimplyForties — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:14:00 +0000

I hate to say it but, if I didn’t have my iPhone & all my electronic “connected-ness” I wouldn’t be able to go on vacation. I’d be tethered to my computer all the time. So, I hate to buck you but, I love the ability to work from anywhere and don’t intend to throw off my bonds any time soon!

By: copyeditorsdesk

copyeditorsdesk — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:58:49 +0000

LOL! Maybe I should have included that: if you really, truly need a cell phone, kill the land line.
I kept the land line because I can’t afford cable, which is much more expensive here and which includes TV service. I hardly ever watch television — when I have time, I’m so tired I can’t hold my eyes open — so I’ve resisted buying a service that includes redundant (for me) features. That leaves DSL as a likely high-speed Internet connection, especially since Qworst promised a cut rate for bundling DSL, the cell phone, and the land line. I think you have to keep the land line to get DSL.

Another issue, too, is that to buy the number of minutes I’d need for my ordinary social phone calls, I’d have to spend more than I can afford on the cell phone, and more than the land line costs.

At least, I THINK so. The whole mess is SO involved and complicated, especially with umpty-umpteen different providers offering apples, oranges, grapes and persimmons, it’s impossible to compare services and figure out which is the best deal. They all begin to look like rip-offs to me. I think they’re all overpriced and they’re all fraught with traps designed to catch up unsuspecting consumers. And not a one of them seems to have decent customer service.

By: Zella

Zella — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:53:18 +0000

I work in mobile, so I live it and breathe it. But really, these are the next “laptops” (aka UMPCs- ultra mobile pc’s). And honestly, that rules. I hate being connected to other people, but I love being connected to my world wherever I am.

By: !wanda

!wanda — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:10:26 +0000

Honestly, I am never home. I go home basically to sleep and do chores. Part of it is that sometimes I have to work late, but most of the time it’s just that home is a boring place to be and has slower internet. I don’t have a landline because it would be pointless. I don’t know a single person my age that doesn’t have a cell phone, but a landline is a rarity (and seen as somewhat of a frivolous expense).