One of the many people that told me this paper is idiotic made a similar suggestion that beepers were obsolete. Actually, something I read in a radio communications journal suggested that cell phones & beepers are being sold in similar #s. I've been watching people here in tampa for months, and it seems that here, at least, middle aged guys have cell phones, women have cell phones, the more butch looking guys still have beepers. Since I'm talking about the 80s and early 90s, it doesn't matter so much (to me, anyway) what's going on now. I see all these skinny little femme-y heavily made up young women on campus walking around talking on cell phones. I think that must get expensive. I remain horrified and amazed by the whole wireless communications phenom.
Frances
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Has the cheapening of the cell phone reduced the need for beepers? Kids in
> NYC seem to carry their Nokias as status symbols.
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