| | Awww. Poor telcos! Do wireline cable and DSL providers prohibit Skype use?
Granted wired network are less likely than wireless to have capacity issues with a similar service, but Skype didn't build the wired networks either so obviously infrastructure ownership is not the real reason why Verizon Wireless and AT&T don't want it on their wireless networks.
The biggest reason why they don't want Skype is because it's a direct threat to their voice revenue stream. I don't blame them for defending their intellectual property, but let's get real. Revenues are the reason telcos feel threatened not infrastructure.
Blame AT&T for a poor network. Don't blame Apple or the millions of subs who pay an expensive data plan to AT&T every month on contract.
If wireless ISP's want to start charging for every little application that uses bandwidth over their networks..... wait a minute, they already do. We (consumers) already pay an artificially exorbitant price that borderlines on extortion. They are already making billions and billions in revenue off of us.
Don't feel sorry for the telcos. | |
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 brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | Re: Awww. Poor telcos! I feel zero sympathy for the (l)users. They're the ones stupid enough to pay. They deserve what they get. | |
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 | | | Re: Awww. Poor telcos! said by brad:I feel zero sympathy for the (l)users. They're the ones stupid enough to pay. They deserve what they get. This will likely be true in the end if we keep giving in... Time to put our money where our mouths are... | |
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| |  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Awww. Poor telcos! said by jjeffeory:said by brad:I feel zero sympathy for the (l)users. They're the ones stupid enough to pay. They deserve what they get. This will likely be true in the end if we keep giving in... Time to put our money where our mouths are... And just where do we place our money when EVERYONE has the same anti-customer operating policy?
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| | | | | Re: Awww. Poor telcos! In your pocket, duh.
I know it's so hard to tear yourself away from the phone for 10 minutes, but 20 years ago no one was using them anyway. Get rid of the gadgets and learn to live simply. | |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | said by technical :
The biggest reason why they don't want Skype is because it's a direct threat to their voice revenue stream. I don't blame them for defending their intellectual property, but let's get real. Revenues are the reason telcos feel threatened not infrastructure.
Yup, and don't forget all those horrendous fees, bonds, surcharges that go into the government coffer. Government wants local POTS as much as anyone. Granted, they'll just tax the internet soon enough as a utility.
Sadly enough, Skype as a product uses significantly less bandwidth than web browsing. | |
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| | just a quick point the Iphone is a bad example att does not make money off the data they pay they monthly at apple, and you wonder why they have a poor performing network and block apps like skype or google voice | |
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