2008 Woodie Awards
Looking to wireless
Melissa Kilcoyne
Issue date: 10/9/03 Section: News
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J.W. Lane, graduate student from Hickman, said he chose not to sign up for a land-based phone and instead added minutes to his cellular plan.
"Mainly it was because I think (phone bills) run like $30 to $40 a month, and I already had my cell phone," Lane said.
Lane said when he lived in the residential colleges, his cellular plan had 400 monthly minutes. He increased his minutes to 900 and does not pay for a land based phone.
"I can talk all I want and still have plenty of minutes left," he said.
'ECONOMY AND CONVENIENCE'
Brian Baldwin, Murray Christian Fellowship minister, said he is considering having his home phone service canceled.
"I'm considering it for a couple of reasons," Baldwin said. "The two big reasons being economy and convenience."
Baldwin said he first considered canceling his home phone service when his brother canceled his, but local cell-phone providers did not provide adequate national plans to allow for minutes to be rolled over.
Cingular now has a rollover plan with nationwide service, so Baldwin said he is revisiting the decision.
"Most of my calls either come to me at work or through my cell phone, so most of my home calls are by my answering machine," he said.
Lane said he has only encountered two problems with exclusively cell-phone use.
"The only trouble that I've had is one day Cingular took their towers down, and for a day I had no way of communicating by phone," Lane said.
DELIVERIES MORE COMPLICATED WITH CELL PHONE
When ordering a pizza from Domino's, Lane said he was unable to get it delivered because he did not have a land-based phone.
Deana Coker, assistant manager of Domino's, said the restaurant would deliver to customers with cell phones, but a security card must be filled out first.
Coker said past customers who have their land-based phone lines disconnected can have deliveries, but the delivery person will bring a security card on the first delivery.
"If they were at their friend's house, and they called from it, we would deliver to where it is registered, and that way we know it's not a prank call or somebody trying to rob somebody," she said.
Renee Hayden, e-Tel of Murray manager, said she has not noticed a major shift in customers canceling their land-based service in favor of solely using cellular phones.
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