fireflier
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join:2001-05-25
Limbo
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| Hmm. . .
Steve Davis, Qwest's senior vice president of public policy, said, "Prices in communications services over the last 10 years have been either down or flat."
So explain to me again why some cell providers just raised text messaging to $.20/msg from $.15/msg?
I'd genuinely like to see the explanation for why "sometimes prices do increase". rather than a generalized statement that they do.
Quest better be careful or they'll make an argument counter to the arguments used by some in the cable industry to justify clamping down on bandwidth usage and woefully inadequate upload speeds.
Would you like a side of greed with that customer raping?
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Its the same reason they can charge ~ $5/month for caller id. Its an easy profit item, used to subsidize profits or other items.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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said by fireflier  :... So explain to me again why some cell providers just raised text messaging to $.20/msg from $.15/msg? ... same story - the cell business is not really that competitive. Little or no competition is very conducive to price increases and/or service degradation. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| The problem with the cellular business (and same with many telecommunication businesses) is that it's not elastic. Most people get hit with a 5c increase in text-messaging will just complain and pay up, or maybe get a text-messaging plan (which is what the cellcos want you to do), so there's no disincentive for other carriers not to do the same thing, no matter how many there are. |
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