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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (7672)	8/24/2001 6:16:02 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

MM, it's true that once the minute prices get low enough, people won't care whether they pay for all calls or not. But until only 2 or 3 years ago, a cellphone call was costing real money. People in the USA left their phones turned off to avoid paying for incoming calls [and to save their battery]. Talk to some of them and they will tell you that. Now that minute prices are getting cheaper, though they are still much too expensive, you will see the USA cellphone usage catching up to the places where cellphones are more popular. Mqurice