 owenhomekeeper of the magic blue smokePremium
join:2002-07-13
Bentonville, AR | Just more rhetoric A much to do about nothing if you ask me. Their prices just put them out of the ball game as far as Cable and DSL are concerned, and you can't really compare them anyway.
Cell prices have remained pretty much unchanged since the advent of PCS in 1998. The infrastructure is in place, the inherent cost of technology has fallen through the floor, yet we pay the same basic $.10/minute premium we did 7 years ago.
Mobile providers need to get their prices down. If they could compete with pots, an unlimited usage line for $14 a month plus options, and maybe unlimited 1.5/256 "DSL like" service at $20 a month, the major telcos/ISP's would disappear. Even if it cost a little more, the mobility factor would be great. But come on, they hose you so bad with their rates.
IF they could get more reasonable, you would see more and more drop land lines completely, VOIP would have been like a bad dream, and we would all be connected to each other and the internet, anywhere, 24/7, and still have enough money left over at the end of the month for a big mac and fries.
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