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Life in the USA Public Services I The Telephone
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Cellular Phones and Beepers
Cellular phones and beepers are now commonly used by everyone from business executives to grade school students. A cellular phone, often installed in an automobile, allows you to go anywhere within the cellular network and use the telephone. (Do not confuse the cellular phone with a cordless phone, which allows you to use the phone only within 1000 feet or so of the base unit in your home.) Beepers are paging devices that used to be used only by business people and drug dealers, but that are now widespread among everyone else, even baby-sitters. If beeper users are away from the telephone they can be “beeped,” given a number to call, or even a short message. Please keep in mind that it is not considered polite in America to carry on a long conversation on a cellular phone while seated in a restaurant or other area in which people are trying to converse quietly. Next Section: Facsimile (Fax) Machines Public Services I: Chapter Home
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