[Blackpatch]

Point taken about not getting paranoid, but I am glad it is not me with a phone glued to my ear like a lot of people. As I said, what did you all do before; I cannot stand being near people who are having loud conversations on them, in Tescos or on a train. I will never have one but can see their uses, espesially in emergency situations, but they are dangerously overused.

I will not be getting rid of my tv or radio or computer - have to draw the line somewhere and they are much more usefull.

I have and do walk regularly on moorland and downland (member of the South Downs Society and would draw your attention to the online petition in the petitions forum) and am always happy to get away from all things civilised and comune with nature and that certainly does not mean with a personal locator. However, long distance yachting and I would be glad of one.

In short, wouldn`t this kind of technology be best used sparingly; not in your car or in the supermarket or on the train and if we have to have phone masts, not in areas of outstanding natural beauty or National park land and can they be disguised to look like trees when they can be seen by roadsides.

Ps, Jenniwren, you say radio signals have been with us for 100 years but not at this consentrated level, consider the ammount of masts and the people all around using cell phones, there is practically no where you can go now without being bombarded by radio waves.