Today nobody speak to anyone face to face they all use their cellular texting to their contacts even when they drive... We live in a digital world, you can order anything from every single place on the planet, you can found a girlfriend or a boyfriend on the internet "Meat market" and even a nice Russian who want to be your wife for few hundred dollars....
As far I'm concern, I prefer traveling and meet people face to face for a good chat or use Skype with my camera to speak to my fellows far away. Nothing can beat the WWW for sharing, communicate and learning....Well their is few more application like video game, online auction, TV.....add what fill your bill to that list...
Sorry to be the guy who tell you that...Ham and CB are things of the past, they are the dinosaurs of what use to be a great communication tool.