Comments on: Behold, the Mighty Cell Phone http://corymiller.com/behold-the-mighty-cell-phone/ Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cory Miller http://corymiller.com/behold-the-mighty-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Cory Miller Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:43:49 +0000 http://corymiller.com/?p=407#comment-641 I'm by no means a tech-type guy with intricate knowledge of the stuff that goes into these type of things ... more a marketing guy, but here's what I could say from my perspective ... It seems like the gaps are getting filled in as we progress (exponentially) ... it's becoming more cost effective for companies to put in cell towers and broadband internet, etc .... and thus cheaper for the consumer. Having been raised in a small town similar to what you're describing, I understand the frustration. It's obviously easier to provide these services where there are a lot of people (i.e. the big metros) ... I’m by no means a tech-type guy with intricate knowledge of the stuff that goes into these type of things … more a marketing guy, but here’s what I could say from my perspective …

It seems like the gaps are getting filled in as we progress (exponentially) … it’s becoming more cost effective for companies to put in cell towers and broadband internet, etc …. and thus cheaper for the consumer.

Having been raised in a small town similar to what you’re describing, I understand the frustration.

It’s obviously easier to provide these services where there are a lot of people (i.e. the big metros) …

]]> By: Ben Overmyer http://corymiller.com/behold-the-mighty-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Ben Overmyer Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:43:27 +0000 http://corymiller.com/?p=407#comment-640 I'm one of the people who lives in a rural area (20,000 people, with the biggest town being Sioux Falls (150,000) an hour away). We have three choices of cell phone carrier here, and all of them have questionable coverage as soon as we leave the immediate vicinity of Sioux Falls. Making a cell phone required to keep up with the rest of the web working/business world will necessarily require either moving away from here or begging the service providers to install more modern equipment. I rarely use my cell phone, and when I do, it's always the traditional make-and-receive-calls usage. I can't afford the price to upgrade to the service and phone that allows for decent web browsing. If you were the CEO of a company dedicated to getting as much of the working world online in the fashion you suggest, how would you go about doing it? I’m one of the people who lives in a rural area (20,000 people, with the biggest town being Sioux Falls (150,000) an hour away). We have three choices of cell phone carrier here, and all of them have questionable coverage as soon as we leave the immediate vicinity of Sioux Falls. Making a cell phone required to keep up with the rest of the web working/business world will necessarily require either moving away from here or begging the service providers to install more modern equipment.

I rarely use my cell phone, and when I do, it’s always the traditional make-and-receive-calls usage. I can’t afford the price to upgrade to the service and phone that allows for decent web browsing. If you were the CEO of a company dedicated to getting as much of the working world online in the fashion you suggest, how would you go about doing it?

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