John Formsma wrote: > I recently canceled my home line and have begun to use the cell phone > exclusively. For the last 1.5 years, I've had my cell phone number on my > invoices as the only contact number. This way, people can contact me > directly and not have to leave a message at home. I carry the cell with me, > though. and Joseph Garrett wrote: > John, > That's all well and good...unless you live/work in an area that is what > I call "Cell/Hell". A lot of my clients live in the Pucker Brush. Of > course, you can have the Voice Mail thingee, but you first have to be in > an area that has a Signal, so that you can call them back! I will go > several days where I'm in areas that my cell has no signal! Soooo....I > have to wait until I'm home to call back. (My cell phone gets no signal > at home, either!) For all of you Big City types, I guess a Cell is the > way to go, however. I've split the difference. I keep my land line because I've had the same number for 27 years, but I auto-forward all incoming calls to my cell phone. If I don't answer the cell for whatever reason (busy, range, etc.) the call goes to voice mail. I don't have a physical answering machine at all, and for (I think) $2/month, I can access voice mail from any land line anywhere. Outgoing long-distance calls I make from the cell for no charge except usage of prepaid minutes, and no charge for anything at all after 7pm. By keeping the same land line, I can change cell phone numbers with very little impact, except to people who recognize my calls by my caller ID. In the future, I might take my land line number and transfer it to my cell, if they'll let me do that with a business line, but so far haven't pressed it because I have my broadband internet through that land line number, and frankly I don't feel like working through the inevitable reconfiguration hassles of moving the internet to the non-business line. -Mark Schecter
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