Mobile phones revisited.

[Peter Connelly]

Hi. I thought I’d reformulate my post on mobile phones from the other thread, as it was a bit off topic, and also add the points that Spiderman put in from his post (hope you don’t mind, Spiderman).

There is maybe a wee point about the general lack of mobile phone reception on Seil. Considering that a reasonable amount of income in the area comes in from the tourist trade, and maybe some folk have a need, or a perceived need, to be in touch with other folk, e.g. business folk on a day out, or folk that have to be in touch with family for various reasons, etc; and whereas they might find Seil an otherwisely fine day out, there might be a chance that on finding out that they have difficulty getting a mobile signal, they may prefer to go down, or up, the road instead the next time. So, the lack of a signal might be costing the place money. Not that money is the be-all-and-end-all, right enough. The other side is that it’s quite nice not to be encumbered with the things at all, and some folk may like it for that.

But, as Spiderman pointed out, more importantly: ‘Apart from the many new technologies that base themselves on mobile phone signals, there's also the emergency response aspect, whether you're on the water or land or car or just struck down suddenly somewhere with a heart attack. It's really useful to be able to call for help.’

Furthermore, adds Spiderman: ‘internet access is increasingly via mobile signal…Every young person I know who has visited here goes spare at the lack of social contact caused by their inability to use their mobile phones’. The young of today are, of course, the business folk of tomorrow.

And, yes, it does indeed look like something that the Community Council maybe should be looking into further (if they aren’t already).