I have never owned a cellphone..curious, what year did they become a necessity?

[kimbutgar]

45. 2003 for me

My husband’s car broke down o the freeway and he was stranded. A tow truck operator stopped and saw him. He loaned him his cellphone to call me so I could make call our mechanic. After that incident my husband instisted we get one. I had resisted for a long time but broke down and got us a pair. I went with tracfone pay go because I worked for a guy who had a cell phone and his bills were like $150 a month. I did not want to add that expense to our family’s budget. It cost us $40 every three months. To this day I strive to keep my cell phone bills low. I still have a land line that I conduct my major calls on. The cell phone is only for emergencies and receiving texts.

I brought my first computer in 1990 and was on the internet in 1996.