Monday, December 17, 2007
One Cell Phone Per Two Humans
A report in November announced that there are 3.3 billion mobile phone accounts—one for every two people in the world. What do you think?
Geoff Ripps,
Consultant
"That many? Looks like planet Earth is doing pretty good for itself."
Tessa Febre,
Hair Stylist
"Oh yeah? But how many of them have a cell phone that can do this? Check this out."
Tom Robbins,
Systems Analyst
"Call me old-fashioned, but I still prefer yelling."
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