My wife laughs when I call myself 'young and hip". Truth be told I'm much older than my years (under 30) would indicate.
However, one thing I do understand about young people today is the need to stay in touch. When I was a sophomore in high school I was among the first of friends to own a cell phone. I used the relaxed credit risk policies of some wireless carriers at the time to secure a phone that was not prepaid. Man, I used the hell of it. I racked up a bill so big that it would have taken me years to pay it off with my allowance.
When I showed the bill to my Dad I remember him freaking out! He paid it for me and I had to work it off that summer in the family swimming pool business. I learned my lesson and it was....
"Too Much Of A Good Thing Can Cost A Lot". Text Messaging in the US and Canada is a great example of this. Teens everywhere are adopting texting at a staggering rate, while at the same time racking up huge bills in the process. Check out this article from the Washington Post.
Huge bills would be a deterrent to most adults when considering using a service but to teens the need to communicate wins out almost every time.
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