This document discusses the pros and cons of cellular phones compared to traditional landlines. It notes that while cellular phones provide convenience, people have become overly reliant on them and are losing the ability to engage face-to-face. It argues that landlines still provide important benefits, such as universal service coverage, no roaming charges or minute counting, and the ability to disconnect from constant connectivity. Overall, the document advocates maintaining a landline in addition to a cellular plan in order to avoid some of the negative societal impacts of extreme wireless dependence.

1. Can you hear
me, NOW?!
How we survived the “good old
days” of communication, and
what we should learn from them.

2. As wonderful as cellular phones
are, we believe there are still
some very important reasons to
also keep a land line phone.
We hope you will agree!

3. You have to admit, cell phones are convenient,
but as useful as they are, what affect are they
having on our society?

4. It wasn’t all that long ago that we relied on our home
phones to connect us to the world. If we weren’t home an
answering machine could take a message. We went about
our lives and didn’t have to always be so reachable.

5. I can remember as a child (not all that long ago)
only having to dial a four digit phone number to call a
friend or neighbor. Phone numbers were easy to
remember and you knew all of your most used
numbers my heart.
Now, try to ask someone for their
phone number and what is their answer?
Just a sec, let me check my phone. It’s
crazy! Many people don’t even know their
own phone number anymore or their best
friend’s number for that matter!

6. Our youth no longer need to hold a
face to face conversation, all they
have to do is text. LOL
(laugh out loud)
TTYL
(talk to you later)
WUWH
(wish you were here)
With all of the
abbreviations
and text lingo,
people barely
need to be

7. Although cellular use can bring extra
security on the go, there is no guarantee
you will have service everywhere you go.
Having a landline
telephone gives you the
reassurance that you will
have a solid connection
with no areas of
spottiness.

9. Another great bonus of having a landline
phone is that there are no roaming charges
and you don’t have to worry about making
calls after 7 or 9 pm.
Do we really
want to have to
worry about
counting minutes?

10. Although being “reachable” anywhere can be nice, it’s also nice to just get
away without the hassles of life following us everywhere.
Do we really want to be that accessible to everyone all of the time?
Remember back when we all had lives?

11. Phone etiquette used to be a common thing. With
the introduction of cellular phones, many people
seem to have lost any regard for others around
them when using a telephone.
This point is easy to
prove when you look
around and see so
many places that do
not allow cell phone
use in their buildings.
Even movie theaters
have had to put a sign
up on the screen
asking everyone to
turn off their cell
phones!

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