Having A Cell Phone Doesn’t Make You Cool, Might Mean You’re Poor
10 December 2007, 6:00 PM. By Guanabee Staff
If you’re young and poor, you probably have a cell phone. Or so says a new poll, which lists Hispanic males as among the youngest and poorest. Or something:
The federal data showed once again that young, poor, male and Hispanic people are likelier to have only wireless telephone service.
Nearly one in five Hispanic adults — 18 percent — have cell phones but no landline phones, the survey showed. That was up from 15 percent in the last half of 2006.
Throw in a dilapidated loft and a penchant for screenprinting our own t-shirts and it’s almost as if we’re hip.
Young, Poor Prefer Cell Phones [Associated Press]
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do not own a landline phone but I am not poor
YAY FOR ME!
In this day and age why would you need a landline?
Landlines are like TV antennas or something…..
Land lines are the new iPhones.
What a totally pointless article… lets talk some more about how latinos are poor, how enlightening!
as for me,
cell phone- check
poor- check
Who gives a fuck?
Que es landline?
So no one knows the benefits of having a landline? Here are two that come to mind:
1. . It’s easier to pinpoint the location of a phone call when using a landline. Cell phones are more difficult to track, and some communities aren’t prepared to identify the exact location of a cell phone user.
2. Landline/corded phones are better for emergency situations (e.g., blackouts and other disruptions that may interfere with cell phone signals)
I find the article kind of hilarious. It must suck to be young, poor, male and Hispanic. Thank goodness for the military. :)
I haven’t had a landline at home since 2001. And I don’t miss it.