Business By Phone Number, Roads, yet again ?

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Q. "A traffic jam" is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build roads and road capacity. Who thinks that with private roads there would 'possibly be toll booths every 2-3 miles', think about how many telephone bills you will get and how many times you will have to register your phone with a new provider the next time you take a cross-country trip with your cell phone. One and once. And that is a *very* new technology. Force isn't neccessary for integration, and in fact hinders it.

A. Assuming of course, you can even use it in some areas. Not all cell providers have access to all areas. And even if you do have sharing agreements for roads, you still need toll booths every 2-3 miles, unless you wish to completely forbid access to those who aren't in one of the shared plans. Which is an unnecessary and excessive inhibition of commerce. The inhibition of commerce isn't anywhere near as severe with cell phones because there is usually a landline payphone somewhere relatively nearby that one can make the call from and be able to connect to your party's number. You can even charge it back to your home phone bill, generally. With roads, there may be no alternative routes to your destination. Cell phones and the concept of fully privatized roads are apples & oranges. And - out of curiosity - what makes you imagine the size of one roadholding to be generally around 2-3 miles? It would be terribly uneconomical from a business standpoint to only own such a short stretch, with the expense of billing and maintenance. Says *you*. But it's not your road, of course. Phone companies don't exist to make your business dealings easier - that service is simply a side effect of their desire for profit. Certainly it would be the same with roads. So do you believe the government is obliged to provide you with phone service so that if you choose not to purchase wireless service you may still conduct business by phone? Pay phones are becoming less reliable as a means of communication. They are few and far between, because they don't provide much revenue. When you do find them, it is a dollar to call across town. And that's if the handset has not been vandalized. By the way, don't page someone to call you at a pay phone. Most pay phones do not allow incoming calls. (Supposed to curb drug dealing.)

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