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by Anonymous User on Tue Aug 17, 2004 at 05:08:17 PM PDT

My solution is Keep It Simple, Stupid (KISS). I have an old cell phone that doesn't take text messaging and doesn't get any unwanted calls. Even though I earned a good living in high-tech all my life, I can tell you that you don't need any of this stuff like SMS, and neither does anybody else, if they really thought about it. Everything else is I have is the minimum level of technology I need, never any bells or whistles. The sleazoids who run high-tech companies would be fired if everybody did what I do, and we'd revert to more reliable and more ethical technology.

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Ditto, ditto, agreed![ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#8)
by kamnet on Thu Aug 19, 2004 at 11:41:58 AM PDT

SMS, for the most part is a high-tech toy that we can all live without. Especially the way it is priced! :-)

Once again my TracFone comes to the rescue. No SMS, no paging, no text messaging, just phone calls *LOL* Heck I don't even have Caller ID on mine, not that I need it because it's only given out when needed.

I have sympathy for our guy who is getting spammed to death by sms.ac, just the same though. Nobody should have to put up with that crap. What does his cellphone provider have to say about it?

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