• I am a little distressed. I haven't been to Burning Man yet, but I was previously led to believe there would be no commerce on the playa. Something about the word 'decommodification'. As well, this leads me to believe that the principle of radical self-reliance isn't being upheld here.

• Please tell me that this is a joke, or that I am misunderstanding...Please.

• Dude. My thoughts were, "No way! This has to be a joke!" and then I checked the date.

• Good one!

• You have way too much free time ;-)

• Let's see if this raises hell. I'm going to forward it to my list!

• Scott Platsky, one of the things that has inspired me about BM is the idea of a gifting economy. I don't know if it's practical but at least for one week, can't it be? For sanity, in this hyper-commerce-driven economy?

• Although, many people do not even cover up the corporate logos on their truck rentals. Maybe my slight utopian dream can't even live for a week?

• That was great!! I filled in the info just for the hell of it. Great April fools joke.

• Heh, you got me a little minute of fool - It's a good joke.

• Hey, thanks for posting this!!!! This is such a bold new direction for decommodification and gift culture!

• Can these kiosks display pornographic advertisements? I want to really cash in on this offer and I feel that hardcore smut would be the best marketing tool. Possibly throw some donkey porn in to keep the consumers' attention.

• And do your phones have the option to use them as remote detonators? It would be totally rad to set off my fuel air bomb art project with a hip BRC phone! I'm thinking one of your kiosks would be a great pedestal for the bomb. You have insurance don't you?

• Lastly, I was planning to volunteer as a greeter and earth guardian but now I just wanna work for BRCellular as a customer service rep. There aren't too many places to spend my phat paycheck at BRC and I'm not trying to drink 70 gallons of coffee. So I'd like to be paid in blowjobs instead, m'kay?I'm quivering with anticipation!!!

• Damn...good one. Totally had me for a sec! Then I'm like " 420 minute
  phone cards....wait a minute..." lol

• Nice work

• hahahahhhahahah!!!! Good one....

• think it will frickin take away the brain damage I incur trying to swing through camps over and over, trying to connect with people... Then again, I've been known to answer my cellie while in the shower... so... those of us with the 'habit' are no doubt relieved.

• LOL-- you are so very bad.

• I have a vision of this sweeping through the country as we speak. I've been quietly telling those posting dismay at the news that they might think of the possibility of timing, so as not to ruin the fun. However, seeing this coming from the east coast gave me added pleasure. This country will be buzzing for a few hours.

• Most excellent Scotto!

• Wow At last a real Cell Company! No fake servers! No calls that are suddenly dropped! Real Playa service!

• I know I said I wasn't checking email today but had a few minutes. I was scanning for anything really important and saw this.

• HAHAHAHA.....that's a great April fools joke

• You have so outdone yourself on this one!

• It seems the complexion of our beloved event will change considerably this year. After this week's Jackrabbit newsletter, I emailed Andie at BMOrg in response to the coffee selling issue (people wrote in, either in support of or asking to stop selling coffee at Center Camp), and she told me they're also now considering selling sandwiches, since the coffee and lemonade are already so popular there. So it seems if you wanted to, you could now bring money instead of food. Sigh.

• This seems a little absurd to me. Yeah, that's right cell phones are absurd but BM isn't.

• like the limited outside communication. Plus if we're getting kiosks where these can be purchased, how far away are we from getting sponsored by Pepsi?

• I guess the "No Commercial Sponsorships" doesn't apply to "in house" activities. It won't be Pepsi, it will be BRC Soft Drinks and BRC Pizza House or run down to the BRC Grocery Store..........

• Ok, I feel stupid. I looked at the phone numbers for BRCellular and they are
  fake. You got me.

• NICE ONE!

• Got to get the shares on the IPO!

• Is today April the First? I Have such a Hard time remembering what day it is.

•  wonder how many nasty emails The Burning Man Project will get because of this.

• Thank you so much for this important service. I often worry that my job and creditors will not be able to contact me when I am on assignment to Black Rock City and your company goes a long way toward easing my mind. Please contact me to sponsor a kiosk and get my logo on some phonecards.

• Hopefully, your venture will inspire other businesses to expand into this community. I look forward to the day that cable television makes it out to the playa to relieve the tedium of the long desert nights.

• Nice I was wondering what April fools day gag would come around this year Me too, me too.

• But then again, BRC has Wi-Fi, so this sounded plausible...Not completely awake

• ahem - what day is today?

• And - for crying out freaking loud - of ALL people I would expect to read the fine print!!!

• I do not believe I fucking fell for this. You son of a bitch, you fooled a New Yorker before his morning cawfee, when he is most vulnerable. Many cups later, and more clear headed, I checked out the URL. Then I see Web design on your resume. Very fucking nice. You got me good!

• There seems to be a growing April Fool's day tradition among the Burner crowd. The best one was a few years ago the Playa Chicken folks created a website that was a dead ringer for CNN with a story about MTV buying the rights to broadcast live from BRC. It was pretty good.

• AND I just checked the date. I am out of shape.

• It's worse than that. I hear from inside sources that due to BMOrg's financial difficulties they've decided to bring in Subway to take care of the sandwiches. Guess what that means: advertising everywhere. It's going to be

• hard not to say last year was better with stuff like this. At least I'll be able to get a passable meatball sub.

• I'm going to stand up and take issue with this! Anybody with me?

• I'm serious about this. Subway's meatball sandwich is NOT "passable"!! Who's with me?!?

• repulsive, but hilarious

• I'm going to be really ticked off if this puts Playa-Q out of business.

• I'm still having a problem with cell service in BRC...my cell phone is one of the things I like to escape when I'm on the playa - jeez, maybe I should just bring my boss too....

• At first I was a little dubious about this, but after checking out the website, I remembered what a pain it is to try and use FRS radios out there. Long story short, I ordered 2 of the Samsung phones and one of the kiosks for BIT. The whole order was less than sixty bucks, which seems pretty fair considering what we all spend to go camping in the desert. I even bought the theft and damage insurance (I'm gonna need that! )We should start a list of phone numbers for the OCBurners, so we have the numbers that we'll be using out there. Now we'll be able to find each other. This is gonna rock!!!

• Good plan. Let's start a folder within our site's Database, where we can all plug in our cell phone numbers. That way, in late August, I can call and invite all of you to my RV to watch DVDs of Burning Man! We can eat pizza (delivered from Reno, of course, since I'll be able to order it with my cell phone).

• Dusty (bringing the default world to the playa, one step at a time)

• sounds like a plan, do we know it there will be a subway near BIT? MIke did they say if you could use your current provider or do we need to purchase new phones? if so can you get us a group rate?

• man now all we need is a beer company to come in and we are set.

• Cell is all about money. If there aren't enough users to pay for the hardware ten times over there won't be any towers installed. I don't think 30k people for a few days out of the year will sway the economics. Check out the maps for coverage in places with way more people than Gerlach. Or is this just an elaborate April Fools and they really are installing towers?

• Oh My God I Am Soooooo Gullible ( I think I need a nanny )

• sarcasm can be so sexy!

• Great job!! Great Laugh!!.Let me know when your IPO is coming up. I'll buy 1000 shares using BM BUCKS!

• awesome.....dammit if it could only be true ..

• Scott, you have way too much time on your hands. I'm really impressed with the website. Hopefully they'll have data service so I can take service calls while I'm out there.

• The PolyParadise pre-paid phone card from BRCellular?!

• BRAVO! Well done! and on my BDay too!

• Whoever did this did an excellent spoof!

• I wish the graphics were a bit better (the phones are particularly hokey, and it is a Motorola "RAZR", not "Razor"), and that they didn't make such obvious technology snafus. (For example, there is no way to limit cellular service to a geographical location as specific as a camp.)

• The particularly good part is the shot of the Corporate Headquarters!! I could just see a lot of sunburned, dusty Burners sitting in that waiting room!!! ROFL!!!

• Definitely a fun bit of spoofage...

• Yeah Cell Phone service at BM But Cingularry would have been a better name.

• I do.... what day is it again?

•  uh... I dunno what to say...

•  know I know... Scott got me. It was late...Don't feel bad, it's tricking people left and right.

• how did I not hear about this great investment opportunity?

• See - my email said Scotto sent this at 11:04 on March 31... but then again, Arizona is currently one hour ahead. Therefore, it was April Fools Day local time when he sent this. I caught that right away. Figured I'd watch the fun though.

• This is the best April Fools joke I have seen in a long time.

• What a great April Fool's Day joke! Thanks for sending it!

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