<p>I know a physician who will carry a pager but does not have a cellphone.</p>
<p>I also think that access to modern technology is important for college students and job applicants, but they do not make up the totality of the poor in the US. IN some cases perhaps one person in a household can have a phone, or heaven forbid, the have a landline. Then of course there are the homeless… Thats another story.</p>