Cell Phones

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I think a cell is the way to go.  Most areas have a good signal, but there 
are those that don't I kow because I encounter that when I go through parts 
of IN.  The good thing about a cell phone is that it already comes with 
voice mail, so if someone has to leave a message, one can return the call as 
soon as the signal returns.  I'm curious, Joe, do you know if all of the 
cell phone carriers in yoru area have difficulty with keeping a signal?  I 
had ATT  which is I cannot recall either Singular, or Nextel for a while and 
had so much trouble with it. I switched to Verizon and it works great.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Schecter" <schecter at pacbell.net>
To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: Cell Phones


>
> 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