On another somewhat related topic, one thing that really gets me about cell phone companies is that we are paying for both incoming and outgoing calls in the United States. This is not how it works in countries like Japan, and that’s not how it works with landline phones in the United States. We are being taking advantage of as consumers for the time being because we ought to really only be paying for the calls we make. It is reasonable and practiced elsewhere in the world to only pay for outgoing calls, so it would seem reasonable here in the United States too. Let me bring it back home now. When I hear about data plans and being charged for going over minutes, it doesn’t leave a good impression in my mind because cell companies are already making an arm and a leg on us in the current system (because they can).