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Article #271Re: NEWS: US edges towards mobile antitrust case
From: John Blutarsky
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:11
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:11
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nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) wrote in news:87my7c7eh9.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net: > "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes: > >> Bill Z. wrote: >>> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Bill Z. wrote: >>>> >>> Irrelevant with regard to the fact that 20 cents per text message is >>> way above what it costs to provide the service. >> >> Is there some reason, other than your dislike of the practice, that it >> should not be? The price of a restaurant meal is far above what it >> costs to produce and serve it! No one is forced to use the >> service. Many of us older folks lived three quarters of our lives >> without cell phones or texting at all. I've been using cell phones >> for about twelve years now and have NEVER sent a text message FROM my >> phone! > > As was pointed out to you, they are using a public resource (the > electromagnetic spectrum) with only a few companies calling the shots. > The public can reasonably require fair pricing practices in exchange > for giving a private company exclusive use of that resource. Based on what element of law? Please point me to the FCC regulation that states what you have just posted. > > BTW, restaurant prices are in fact regulated in the U.S. - in (for > example) national parks where a company is given exclusive rights > to a location there. You'll need more examples than that to prove your point. The reason is that for environmental reasons > the number of businesses are limited, so those that are there are > required to provide a fair price, determined by comparision with > comparable businesses outside the parks. > > It's really the same principle - if you get exclusive rights to a > public resource, then you have to charge fair prices for the service > that you are providing. Principle is not law, LJ. > > How many text messages either of us send personally is irrelevant. > You must be related to Larry.
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