I personally like text messages. For personal contacts during work it's a blessing. For the 10 second message during work it saves time.
Not a fan of conversations girls like to have on text but what can ya do? On 9/29/09, Scottie Arnett <sarn...@info-ed.com> wrote: > "I still don't understand the text explosion." > > Me either? Why? I can usually call a person and say what I have to say in > less time than it takes me to text one message and get a reply back. > > I can also understand that texting has its place. Like inside a theater > where people other than me do not want the distraction. > > Scottie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:41:00 -0400 > >>I had to have 2 Compuserve accounts back in 1988 because their accounts had >>a $500 limit per month! >> >>I still don't understand the text explosion. Over 100 years of innovation >>just to go back to what is essentially Morse code. Boggles the mind. >> >>Soon they'll discover punch cards and paper tape to load their ringtones. >> >>"What's with all those cards in your backpack, Cassie?" "My new ring tone >>by Fallen. It only took a little over 8,000 punch cards!" "Cool....." >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband >>Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:11 AM >>To: 'WISPA General List' >>Subject: [WISPA] OT - Text Messages >> >>I am reviewing my AT&T wireless bill. I have myself, my mother and my >>daughter on a family plan. >> >>My mother received 8 text messages, which I am sure she does not know that >>she has. >>I received 297 text messages. Some of those were forwards from another >>email account. >> >>However, my 18 year old daughter received 30,500 text messages! >> >>How can this be? How can they type on a qwerty board, or actual phone >>keypad faster than I on a laptop/computer? >> >>She has a facebook account, a twitter, and many other accounts/tech that I >>am not familiar with. >>Is this a sign of the times or of my age? >> >>I started in the Internet industry in 1993. I remember my first AOL annual >>bill totaling over $5k and this was for 28.8 kbps. >>That is when I figured that this industry was going to be profitable...darn >>me for daring to going into fixed wireless. >> >>Just had to rant...30,500 txt msgs...omg! >> >>Victoria >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >>WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>http://signup.wispa.org/ >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >> >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>http://signup.wispa.org/ >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>--- >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as > $30.00/mth. > Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
