Two-Way Radios to radio telephone & answering service, to cellphone & Global Sat pager. Prices went down with each step of this progression & then everybody wanted a cell prices went back up for phones, data & minutes and in my opinion it's ridiculous that they charge what they do today! This is an almost 30 year evolution as well.
Ha, Ha - so true and always kept change so I could use the payphone.
ReplyDeleteHow about, on the wall, crank, party line with operator at switchboard?
ReplyDeleteFirst several months as a rush courier in Washington DC back in the 1980s.
ReplyDeleteAfter that I was issued a Motorola VHF two way radio for may vehicle that was bigger then a desktop PC.
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Two-Way Radios to radio telephone & answering service, to cellphone & Global Sat pager. Prices went down with each step of this progression & then everybody wanted a cell prices went back up for phones, data & minutes and in my opinion it's ridiculous that they charge what they do today! This is an almost 30 year evolution as well.
ReplyDeleteHow about NO phone??
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