Consumer demand quickly outstripped the system's standards in 1982 standards. Some advantages for the cell phone is that they are popular. They have been welcomed by Americans faster than any other consumer electroncs product. Cell phones are also a source of convenience and safety for most people. For example, people that travel alot have great use of a cell phone.
College students save money when they call home on their free nights and weekend cell phone plan.
Some disadvantages of the cell phone is that new studies have shown that all wireless, celular and cordless phones pose a potential threat to their users. They say that cell phones emit radiation in the form of electromagnetic fields that have now been shown to cause cancerous tumors and have been blamed for a number of deaths. There was no news groups or mailing list found for the cell phone.