Leonel
Breakfast Connoisseur
Yeah even I had to give into cell phones. It really was the best way for me to keep in contact with job interviews at the time and friends. Plus if you don't want to be disturbed, just turn it off.
I have no intention of getting a land line. At university, I don't expect to hold a single residence that long (hopefully be away on Co-op for a third of each year), and after the phone company charges you an arm and a leg for installation just go with a cell phone, and if I had no contract I would have paid a lot more for my phone in the long run (I use a fair bit of long distance with my entire family being long distance, and some without internet and more without reliable internet). Sure long term I may run into some minor problems, but so long as you don't intend to give up your phone you should be fine.Contracts are brutal, it would be very difficult to convince me to sign one for a phone.
I have no intention of getting a land line. At university, I don't expect to hold a single residence that long (hopefully be away on Co-op for a third of each year), and after the phone company charges you an arm and a leg for installation just go with a cell phone, and if I had no contract I would have paid a lot more for my phone in the long run (I use a fair bit of long distance with my entire family being long distance, and some without internet and more without reliable internet). Sure long term I may run into some minor problems, but so long as you don't intend to give up your phone you should be fine.
Zelig: I think he means a personal emergency, not a major disaster. Yes you can generally be fine without one, as evidenced by the past, but you cannot deny that there are some instances where a cell phone could help you a lot (he does have a point that there are few pay phones around these days, you would have to find someone to let you use their personal phone, but that probably isn't a problem in most emergencies, so long as you don't go out to the middle of nowhere). Whether they are worth getting a cell phone for is another matter. Like I said I personally dislike phones in general.
Yeah I would say its more unusual to not have a mobile phone than a landline now. You can live without a landline, but it would be very hard for the majority to live without a mobile.
FWIW, only about 70% of Canadian adults between 16-60 have a cell phone... this is definately lower than the percentage with a landline in their home.
In much of rural Southern Ontario has coverage, I can't say anything for another part of the country. The main thing I was thinking was simply traveling down an empty road when something happens. Maybe you want to just call a tow truck or friends or something rather than 911.Regarding emegencies, "middle of nowhere" is sort of subjective, if you go outside of populated areas in Canada, you're only going to get service with satellite phones in any case.
As you said yourself significant parts of Canada don't have cell coverage, I am pretty sure that a greater percentage of Canadians lack coverage than Americans or Europeans, and I think you will find the number with just a cell phone rising quickly. Many people I know either don't have a land-line and as more of this generation starts moving out on their own many won't get one.FWIW, only about 70% of Canadian adults between 16-60 have a cell phone... this is definately lower than the percentage with a landline in their home.
I feel like I'm eavesdropping.What if someone needs to contact you? You can't constantly be in front of an instant messenger or near a land line.
You sure about that? I'm sure that some people would want to know that they can get ahold of you when they need to instead of trying to chase you down through others.
Yea or Nay?