Yes, Virginia, Maine Does Need More Cell Phone Towers
I saw this editorial cartoon today here at MaineToday, where a baby leaned out the car window behind a smoking, cellphone chatting driver and said,
My chatty driver has the same attention/reactions as a legally drunk driver. Does Maine really need more cell phone towers?
Talking on a cell phone while driving does lower your reaction time, but that has nothing to do with the number of cell phone towers in Maine.
I'm just about finished reading The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. In one chapter he's enjoying uninterrupted wi-fi while zipping through Japan on a high speed train through some very rural areas. He compares that to traveling from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., with cell phone reception that regularly drops as he hits dead zones.
This is what we're competing against, and what our children will be competing against. Yes, drivers shouldn't be chatting on cell phones while driving, but choosing not to improve our telecommunications infrastructure isn't the answer.
More cell phone towers will better connect us to the rest of the world, allowing us to compete on the international stage.
What will you tell that child in the backseat when he/she grows up, that all the good jobs are overseas because their governments invested in the tools to keep their children competitive? Well, you better plan on calling them on a land line.
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