With 4G Freedoms, San Francisco Cell Phone Etiquette Still Applies

For some San Francisco residents, the correct way to behave with your cell phone may seem pretty obvious. For example, if you are in a movie theater, turn it off or leave it on vibrate and do not answer it. If you are driving, do not send and receive text messages. Do not use speaker phone in public. However, as you know if you have ever been in a movie theater, traffic, or any public place throughout the city, people do not always abide by these rules. In fact, you yourself may be guilty of breaking them every once in a while. With advanced mobile broadband technology sweeping the nation, now is as good a time as ever to review the basics of cell phone manners. After all, your 4G phone may make it possible for you to watch movies on the bus or video chat in the middle of a crowded restaurant, but this does not mean that you should do these things.

When you start using your new 4G cell phone in San Francisco, be sure to keep other people in mind, and remember the following points:

1. There is a time and a place for everything. Mobile broadband technology allows users to enjoy a vast number of freedoms with their phones in terms of where they use them and what they use them for. For example, never before could you stream a movie while walking down the sidewalk in San Francisco. Nonetheless, it is important that you recognize when it is appropriate to take advantage of the many benefits that this service offers, and when it is not. One thing that you should try to never do is talk on the phone or surf the Internet while you are driving. When you do this, you are not only putting yourself in danger, you are risking other people's lives, as well -- and nothing is more impolite than that. Other settings in which it is rude (and sometime prohibited) to have your phone on include hospitals, churches, business meetings, funerals, and weddings.

2. Headphones say, "I respect you." One of the most disrespectful things that you can do with 4G technology is stream online video or music content in public without using headphones. It is fine if you want to entertain yourself on a long commute, but the people sitting around you on the bus, train, or trolley might not find it very entertaining if they have to listen to whatever you are listening to. So plug in a pair of headphones and enjoy your song, movie, or TV show in private -- even if you are in public.

3. Do not turn into a paparazzo. It is great that you can snap photos and upload them to Facebook of Flickr from whatever part of San Francisco you may find yourself in at a given moment, but do not abuse the combined power of your cell phone camera and mobile Internet connection by taking and publishing pictures of people you do not know without their permission.

To find out more about what you can do with 4G service, visit www.clearwirelessinternet.com. With San Francisco clear internet pricing as affordable as it is, there is no reason not to sign up.