Naturally, as with every new house, one's phone number changes. So I decided to make a new visiting card and put on my new number, so that my friends and colleagues will not have to make too many calls to find me. I have changed so many numbers in the past few years it is not funny. Most of the changes have not been because of moving, but because of technology and politics. In addition to changing phone numbers because of moving from one home to another, one has to accommodate new technological moves.
Cellular phones are a major new addition.
At first it was a cellular phone from Motorola, then came Cellcom with cheaper mobile phones. Many Palestinians like me quickly changed to the new cell-phone provider, whose rates are closer to those of the regular land line. But this didn't last long for many people. Cellcom's signal in certain areas in Palestine is not good. Besides Motorola's signal can reach some high hills in Amman, which is very convenient for people like me who travel often to Jordan.