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RE: The Modern Miracle of Disposable Technology
(Remember when long distance telephone service was something you had to think about - and pay for?)
Yup..in 1971 I made a fifteen minute call to my wife who was at home in Texas. I was in Thailand. It cost me a month's pay. I had the advantage of using the MARS network..which cut the cost astronomically. In the middle nineties I was paying about $5 a minute for cell phone usage..(Over the Road Trucker...those roaming charges add up)
A month's pay! I hope it was a hot and heavy phone call at least!
By the minute cell phone charges - LOL! When we had a flower shop we brought our niece on as a delivery driver. Nice first job for her. We kept a cell phone in the van in case a customer changed an order or she needed help with directions (pre GPS) but obviously it was for important business only.
The first bill was hundreds of dollars! She kept calling local radio stations to ask them for requests and to chat with the DJ. "I was hoping they'd mention your shop and give you free publicity," she said.
Free!