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Re: Off Topic: Teens Same Worldwide: [Movie, Texting, Cell Phones]

B. Wright (bmwright@xmission.com)
Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:57:38 UTC

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> OFF TOPIC (mostly)

> Just like here, the kids all had their cell phones. A girl and a boy
> met and were texting each other every day.

> Could anyone comment on the state of wireless and landline telephone
> services in Western Europe?

Almost all kids seemed to have mobile phones there far sooner than it
happened in the US. The pre-paid plans in euroland are a lot better
and were easier to find than in the US. A lot of that probably has to
do with the fact that all incoming calls are free (but the caller gets
raped on the charges). With very little cost you can have an incoming
phone line and cheap two way texting (which probably also explains why
SMS took off a lot more outside of the US).

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