From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	Cash, Credit and Crime
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 1999 22:30:19 +0100

In article <4.2.0.58.19990701132920.00972500@*****.engin.umich.edu>,
Sommers <sommers@*****.edu> writes
>What I'd like to know about is the prepaid cell phones. I've seen a few
>adds for them. It seems like you go into the store, drop some cash, and
>walk out with a cell phone that has a prepaid limit on them. The big
>selling point I read was that it didn't require a credit check. If that's
>so, then it seems like a perfectly untraceable phone, the same as a pay
>phone, except that you can carry it with you.
>
>I could see all sorts of uses for that in SR....

Five hundred bucks for a cellphone in 2060? I say, for that money, you buy
the handset and a lifetime connection and that's it as far as billing goes.
Lose the phone, then you either claim on your insurance or else shell out
another five hundred...

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Paul J. Adam