Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So they have electricity for recharging? And are old cell phones something that you take down there? I know I have several that could use a good home. Bill in Denver -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Honduras Photos At 10:44 PM 8/8/2008, you wrote: >Cell phones? > >Bill in Denver Yes! Cell phones have really made a big change in the life of the people here. They may live in one room, dirt-floored shacks with no water or electricity, but the cell phones allow them to communicate across mountains as they never could before. I'm sure they will never have land line phones in these remote communities, but there is a cell phone tower on top of the nearest mountain. They can buy cards which give them a certain number of minutes at any of hundreds of tiny pulperias - 7-11 type stores. A lot of the phones are discarded ones donated from the States and reconfigured for Honduras. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information