Some local residents, however, are struggling because of the weakened economy; the Northeast Dutchess Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation was started in 2002 with $100,000 from a publicity-shy second-home owner to help residents who lack phones, plumbing, kitchens or health insurance.
Since kitchen cabinets usually lack phone jacks, the Spacemaker comes with a separate transmitter that can be plugged into any nearby jack.
About a million homes from Naples to Daytona Beach remained without electricity late Saturday afternoon, while many also lacked phone service and running water.
More than 600,000 customers remained without electricity, and many also lacked phone service, even as hundreds of crews hustled to restore battered power lines.
Since the cabinet positions where such a phone would be handy usually lack phone jacks, the Spacemaker comes with a separate transmitter that can be plugged into any wall jack within range of the kitchen.
Smaller headaches linger, a daily reminder of the way the hurricane paralyzed life here: the South Ferry subway station was so damaged that it has been closed indefinitely, a few businesses are still cash-only as they await the return of their credit lines, and some still lack phone service.
Lacking phone credit also was more common among respondents reporting a cost-related access barrier (21%% versus 13%% among those not reporting this barrier) and among those with longer travel times to the clinic (e.g. 24 % among those traveling at least one hour versus 12%% among those traveling less than 30 min).
Rooms lack phones and TV's.
Most Afghans live miles from even minimal health care, and many parts of the country lack phones, electricity, drinking water and decent roads.
Of course smartphones weren't great phones, but what they lacked in phone features they made up for with now essential functionality.
