A Small Rule for Cellular Disconnects
With the US on the brinks of bankruptcy, it can be expected that the investments in any sort of infrastructure will be minimized to zero. No better roads, no fiber to the home, and no additional base stations on Hwy 280. This means that every call I make to/from work will be disconnected at some point. That's a sure thing, as sure as the sun rising in the east.
Since these disconnections happen to me every single day, and since this will not be fixed anytime soon, I want to sure a small related problem. What happens after the call is disconnected? The 2 people on the line start calling each other back. They both voice mail messages and after a few tries they give up, although they paid for at least 6 calls combined. It's small but annoying, and costs both time and money.
So, here is my small proposal: Let's agree that ALWAYS, when a call is disconnected, the ORIGINAL caller is responsible for calling again. The other person waits for that call to happen. Simple, elegant, and saves time & money. I will definitively adopt it as of tomorrow, when I get disconnected again somewhere in Silicon Valley.
I think I will have to shop around this blog posting with most of my friends. This happens ALL THE TIME!
Posted by: Lindsay | October 22, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Good idea, been implementing it for years, but... Sometimes lack of coverage is a blessing... yes, you wanted to speak to someone. You called him... But you didn't plan spending the entire drive from San Francisco to Palo Alto speaking about how the Patriots lost the superbowl. Knowing that somewhere around San Carlos there is a dead zone can work to your advantage.
Posted by: Ori | October 24, 2008 at 12:47 AM
Ori - Hmm… There are things we don’t joke about. Not many, but some. Those include the Patriots and Hapoel Haifa…
Posted by: Daniel Cohen | October 24, 2008 at 05:33 PM