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user-inactivated  ·  3486 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Introducing NoPhone: The Technology-Free Alternative to Owning a Phone

This is funny and stuff ... but I would love to be able to get a bank account, get a state DL, or a credit card without having having having to have a phone number. It is absolutely required to do anything in this country you must pay verizon/att/whomever monopoly wherever and keep a phone that I hardly ever use.

I use less than 10 minutes a month on my phone, and it has been that way for years.

Give me a way out of owning a phone but allow me access to the rest of civilization and I will begin to believe in technology again.





GenghisKhan  ·  3485 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You could try a google voice account. All you would need is a land line or something from radioshack to give you an IP phone. Those cost about $10 a year.

user-inactivated  ·  3484 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The internet is where I pose the question: "How do I get rid of using a phone number?" ... and I receive the answer, "Get two phone numbers."