[pshrynk]

I think that one of the things that perpetuates industry's ability to continue to be this wasteful is the accelration of unplanned obsolescence. Computers change and upgrade capacity so fast these days that we are starting to actually expect a new phone every year or so. My mother up to about five years ago, was still talking on the cradle and handset phone she had when we moved into our home in 1967! That thing would have never died, if it were not for the switch to digital signal and the loss of analog functionality. We need to be able to slow down sometimes, I think, and hold on to things that can continue to function. Just my $0.02.