Raphide:  Yes, dear...I know this.  I'm actually quite the technophile and have a large collection of gadgets, and an 8 thousand dollar gaming computer, but....I will be DAMNED if I'm paying a cellphone company the prices that SOME of them are charging.  My point WAS that you don't NEED a cellphone to survive.  It's not a NEED, it's a luxury.  Spoiled teenagers (for one) are a segment of the population that don't seem to understand this.