Reuters On Telephone Cultures

mamladm writes "Reuters has an interesting article about the Differences in Telephone Cultures between the US and Europe. It describes how the different regulatory frameworks have created distinct cultures on how telephones are being used in the US versus Europe. The article mainly discusses mobile phone usage, though."

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[eril]

"You can't use every phone everywhere in the United States, so that puts a limitation on the end user," Munoz observed of the three incompatible American systems.

Bullshit. I'm sick and fucking tired of hearing Europeans talk about how their coverage is better than ours.

First of all, the quote above is pure FUD. Nowadays, phones (that you buy, not freebies) are robust enough to handle all of the standard US networks (roaming charges may apply, but it works). If there is a lack of coverage, it's because you're in BFE and there's no cell towers nearby.

Which brings me to my second point. We have a large, no - huge, country compared to the Europeans (goegraphically speaking). I mean, we have thousands and thousands of square miles of land where nobody lives or goes; Europeans are all crammed into their tiny landmass where they've been developing various cultures and civilizations for thousands of years (as opposed to our 200 year old civilization) -- they're all crammed in like sardines; no fucking wonder they get universal tower coverage.

We have unfulfilled Manifest Destiny; they have universal tower coverage. And they're bragging??