No messing with 'Mr.-In-Between'.(Guest Opinion)

Wireless Week, October, 2003 by Houghton, Michael T.

IT SEEMS LATELY that wireless phone service has taken some licks in the media and in public opinion. So I would like to share something that I believe demonstrates what many of us take lot granted--how wireless phones improve the quality of our lives.

As a former CTIA spokesperson, I often talked about the safety, security and convenience that wireless phones offer consumers. I recently got an up close and personal reminder when my wife and I were involved in an automobile crash in Wilkes Barre, Pa.

We were traveling to upstate New York to attend a wedding and had pulled off to refuel and grab a bite to eat. While stopped at a red light, our car was rear-ended and pushed into the back of a pickup truck. We were hit at full speed and our car was...