Car Rental w. Cell Phone

Category:	Cell Phones
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For travellers from abroad, why not offer a cell phone rental along with the car? (Idea from Ben Polak.)

Barry Nalebuff, Jul 02 2004

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Back in the day (when they were actually installed), I think I heard of a rental company doing this. Now that nearly everybody has their own mobile phones now, and they are personal portables, I don't think it would be worth doing now.

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