pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD |  Wrong Approach
If mobile advertisers offered to pay my cell phone service subscription, then I would gladly offer them real estate on my cell phone screen.
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This isn't fair! I was only supposed to hate just ONE presidential candidate! |
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Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX | Isn't that terrible that mobile advertising hasn't taken off? Goodness, I shall lose hours of sleep because of it. Other than that, right on!!! there phn102. When they pay the bill for my phone, the advertisers can have at it. |
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gatorkram
Spelling and Grammer impared
Premium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
clubs: | Not on my phone
'Nuff said. |
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ozar
Premium
join:2008-04-13
USA
 ·Embarq
| Thanks for the warning!
I've already started keeping my mobile phone turned off most of the time because of so many text ads being sent by my provider. Then they want to turn around and charge me for those messages.
What a fantastic service for "my benefit" (they like to call it)? 
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banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance
join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
 ·Comcast
| The problem here is that we pay for incoming everything
The problem is that every unwanted advertisement that arrives could come directly out of my pocket -- either in data charges or docks against my minutes or texts. If I only send 4 or 5 text messages a month, the answer to this problem is not "just buy an unlimited text plan." I don't need one, and I'm certainly not going to pay $10-$15 a month just to avoid ads that collectively cost me a similar or lesser amount.
Ads on my mobile phone would just become a simple "ignore or delete it," if I didn't have to pay for the data they use just in getting to me. But if they were to cost me money when they show up, they would be completely intolerable.
I recently spent some time in Thailand, during which I picked up a cell phone to use there. I was surprised to learn that incoming calls and text don't count against my minutes or allowances. Only the person initiating a call or data transmission pays for it. If you ask me, that's how it should be.
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voipdabbler
join:2006-04-27
Kalispell, MT
| It's one simple issue--how cellular is billed here.
It's quite simple, we pay for everything--incoming and outgoing. That's not the case elsewhere. However, given the fact that the EU may allow US-style billing that will allow European carriers to charge for incoming calls and texting in an effort to avoid raising rates, we'll see how long cellular advertising remains popular in Europe. I suspect that if European consumers must start paying for incoming you'll see it banned there in an effort not to exploit the users.
US carriers are greedy, they won't lower rates or drop charges for incoming so don't expect to see this approved by US regulators anytime soon. They've already got their hands full trying to figure out how to cut down on spam texting that is costing US cellular consumers. |
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jarthur31
join:2006-04-14
Carlsbad, NM | reply to banditws6
Re: The problem here is that we pay for incoming everything
I'm with you there! Furthermore, such ads should be removed from the Internet as well. The WWW was meant as an data/information resource not some two bit whore to be exploited as corporate American sees fit!!! |
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA | reply to pnh102
Re: Wrong Approach
The problem is in the fact that there is still alot of extremely cheap built phones out there which makes it difficult to do ads on with such horrendous screen resolutions. |
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MySay
join:2008-04-08
Mansfield, TX
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Even if they did (which it won't ever happen), it'd be temporary... just to get people to accept it! Then, just like every other media stream... ads would appear, while we still pay!
I spend over $100 a month on cable, in which 99% of the channels still have ever-increasing lengthy ads. I pay $20 for my wife and I to see a movie, that's SUPPOSE to start at 7:00pm, and at this time... I'm sitting there chewing popcorn, and watching a freakin' CAR COMMERCIAL AT THE THEATERS!
PREDICTION:
Everything going "smart" will start to blurt out ads at us. The "smart" house, advertising for local roofers, landscapers, air duct/carpet cleaners over the built-in intercom/radio. The "smart" car, telling us over the radio that there's an upgrade feature available for our car, or the features of the new upcoming model of their brand of cars. The "smart" fridge, telling me how Kroger, Albertson's, etc. has the best price to fill it up! The "smart" scale telling me I need to eat specific brands of diet food. It's a plague... and the more "smart" and "connected" we get, the more it's going to be forced down our throats (even if it's something we pay dearly for ourselves). Welcome, my friends, to the United Corporations of America! |
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old_wiz_60
join:2005-06-03
Bedford, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Let the callers pay for it.
If the people making the calls paid for it, it would be easier. When I have to pay for their advertisements, that is not going to fly.
Still, I don't want ads on my cell, no matter who pays for it. It's hard enough dealing with incessant ads on TV and internet. |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs: | reply to gatorkram
Re: Not on my phone
Yay, I get to pay for both the service, the bandwidth for the ad to be delivered, and the frustration! 
What more could a consumer ask for? |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to ozar
Re: Thanks for the warning!
What provider is that? VZW has only sent me a text message from them once, and it was free. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to Jonbo298
Re: Wrong Approach
said by Jonbo298  :The problem is in the fact that there is still alot of extremely cheap built phones out there which makes it difficult to do ads on with such horrendous screen resolutions. This isn't our problem 
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This isn't fair! I was only supposed to hate just ONE presidential candidate! |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| I finally agree with reptile
If I got a free phone with decent service I would put up with the advertising, and even get a cell phone. Since I only use a land line (other than work related) about once a day for a couple of minutes at the most and LD maybe once or twice a month they would lose on me though and probably cancel the service.
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I am not lost, I find myself every time. |
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
1 edit | Ads on my cell phone . . .
just might mean the end of my cell phone for good.
I'm tired of being marketed to incessantly all day every where I go and whatever I do. |
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Corehhi
join:2002-01-28
Bluffton, SC | reply to Jonbo298
Re: Wrong Approach
Screen? Like I have a screen? |
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rudnicke
Premium
join:2004-10-23
Rantoul, IL | Ugh
I'm so tired of advertising. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to pnh102
Re: Wrong Approach
if they started mass cell ads in this country id be tempted to send the advertiser an invoice for the increase in the bill.
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spamd
Premium
join:2001-04-22
Rockford, IL
·Insight Communicat..
1 edit | This could work.
I would accept ads only if 2 conditions were met.
1st. As some have all ready stated, "subsidize or pay for the data being used".
2nd. Make the ads usefull that actually help the users out. For example. Have the users select from a category of ads they want. Even better use the on-board GPS or aGPS to advertise information that is near the user or in the store you are shopping in. Let's say you are at Walmart then your phone brings up a map of the store(large stores or malls only), then advertise whats on sale in the store. This could be a big help if implemented properly.
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When everything is coming your way, you are in the wrong lane. |
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia | Apple may start ads on mobiles
The Register speculates that Apple will introduce ads on Iphones. |
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