Reply #10: In the "old" days at least there were pay phones

[wellstone dem]

Now, if you don't have a cell phone, there is nothing you can do in an emergency, to get a job, to call your kids. You can't apply for many jobs anymore without internet access and a phone. Fortunately the public libraries have stepped forward to provide internet access, but you can't even use the pay phone anymore, because there aren't any.