Jeff, >>>> I disagree. While quality-wise, they're not particularly good, they have a lot of value for people who use them. Disparaging the people using them has no point.<<<< But it does have a point, these phones use airwaves commonly known as freguency bands. These frequencies are not unlimited, but a finite resource. Two problems have begun, bleeding of signals into other users frequency allocations and noise. Greenbank, Virginia is the prime example of what we, as a society should try to preserve. Quiet space, so we can listen with clear ears, not noise and interferences from so many electrical and broacasting technologies, but listen to a pristine silence rarely experienced by the average person. For those who don't know, Greenbank listens to the universe, our shuttle crews and defense. Radio waves are far more capable of traveling large distances that optical light. More discoveries about us, our world and our universe have been done through radio rather optical bandwidths. Greenbank is a place where no electronics are allowed. No cell phones please. They had to make it a federal law. Asking wasn't good enough. Is it about just having (I can afford it) a new toy, or having toys that are really needed. How many users just use because they can? Just because they can is enough to warrant their use? It's on the store shelf so it must be a valid item? Take care, Gregory david Stempel FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g www.americanphotojournalist.com "The brave ones were shooting the enemy, the crazy ones were shooting film"
