I have no idea what our rights are when it comes to communications device and services. The way i see it is that we pay for the devices not the service provider. once we own the equipment, they are making money by us paying for data only services. i want to see hard data ,that it really costing service providers just to provide data only. I don't think so. If anything- we deaf/hard of hearing are actually relieving the airwaves being used for voice. For gosh sakes, how else are we going to communicate ? To make a comparison - If i bought a Ferrari as a daily driver to work in the city??- is this smart ? do i really need a fast car in a 30 MPH zone ? Buying everything voice and data is unnecessary since we cant even HEAR the darn phone. So far we have to go through specialized sellers of providers like sprint for deaf/ hard of hearing. We should be able to walk up to any cellular store and buy a texting phone/smart phones and get data only plan. We shouldn't have to go to deaf meets or deaf expos or go online to certain providers to get this. It feels so discriminating and barbaric.
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