Hi everybody,

Didn't mean to start anything on the cell phone issue either. I just
think it is another one of those things where consumers end up getting
ripped off, because of the greed of big companies, or their CFOs.

I know for a fact that cell phones work dismally here in the U.S., and
I am only talking about cities, not wide open plains or mountains. I go
out of town quite regularly, and it's the same story in Boston,
Seattle, Denver, Houston, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. I
lose people all the time.

In Euro land (which I don't think I am particularly more fond of than
the old U.S. of A.) that does not happen, and didn't even happen when
cell phones first got popular, 8-10 years ago.

Cheers

Matt