Word: phoning
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...coats of paint, air conditioning, and wireless internet all put my sophomore suite in Old Quincy to shame. (The airy spaces and pleasant color on the walls assuredly shame this year’s suite in New Quincy, as well.) Amid the droning of the intercom, crowds of cell-phone-toting, text-messaging college students bustle from class to class...
...issue is that the Wi-Fi and EVDO connections can't run simultaneously. This isn't a problem if you're in one of the places that supports Verizon's EVDO network. But when you're not, and have to switch to Wi-Fi mode, you lose phone service-it won't even ring! Suddenly, this Wi-Fi bonus sounds like a burden...
...Next, paying for both services isn't cheap. If you opt for the unlimited-data plan, you're paying $45 per month-on top of a calling plan-to use the high-speed EVDO network. This gives you a $100 off the initial price of the phone, but you're still making a bet that you're going to be pulling down major data with this thing. (There's also a pay-per-kilobyte plan). Once you've paid for a service that's anywhere you go (within the boundaries of the 40+ markets), why would you swing...
...tumbleweeds that roll through town is at the grain elevator, where the occasional farmer weighs and deposits wheat. Lucille Shearer, 58, who went to school here, works alone in the post office. Ask her how many folks live in Paradise, and she starts counting from a two-page phone book. "These days, about 50," she replies...
AFTER ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN WAS PUBLISHED: "When he heard my voice, he hung up ... Hanging up was worse than any words he might have uttered. I wanted to know what he was thinking, but I did not have the courage to phone him again...