PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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Re: It's the market, unfortunately
said by Dan  :How did that jump to a RIAA slag from a topic on sms? It's called a comparison. He was comparing the market of MP3s to the market of sms messages. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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·CableOne
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said by disc :Rumour is that Sprint is going to start some price wars: Well yeah, they have to do SOMETHING to keep from losing all of their customers due to billing mistakes and poor customer service. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK
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·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
| reply to MightyPez
It's the lack of a competitive market, unfortunately....
This only happens because there is a limited amount of competition and they all do much the same thing.
People always extol the virtues of the Market and the Free Economy. Too bad it doesn't exist anywhere but in fiction.
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"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!) |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to jhboricua
That's why they have legality  through contracts/service agreements bought for by lobbiests and lawyers.
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anaonono
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Moral thing to do? Do you think ANYONE standing to gain from any phone company's profits cares at all whether or not it is the moral thing to do?
Business is business, the only goal is to make as much money as possible. Any perception of morality is merely an attempt to make more money by giving some appearance of a company being moral to gain more customers, thus, make more money.
The only motivation behind any action any company does is to make more money. Bottom line. There is no such thing as "moral" in business. |
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ooglyoggly
@xo.net | reply to factchecker
And we still get a charge for Touch Tone! |
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Ulmo
join:2005-09-22
San Jose, CA
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Re: It's the market, unfortunately
said by MightyPez :As it was mentioned on Slashdot and on this site before as well, people are willing to pay it, so companies are more than willing to charge it. I myself have a data plan that includes unlimited text messaging. Remember, we are willing to pay money for a bottle of water that we can get for free and cleaner out of a tap (well, in most cases, anyway). When we pay for something, we perceive it has value. Not all of us are that stupid, and get the free water instead, but can't do without texts.
As soon as there's a phone plan without the outrageous fees, of course we'll use it. |
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