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Article #283Re: NEWS: US edges towards mobile antitrust case
From: The Ghost of General Lee
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:31
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:31
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On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:19 -0700, nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) wrote: >The Ghost of General Lee <ghost@general.lee> writes: > >> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:35:43 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>The Ghost of General Lee wrote: >>> >>>> If refusing to use data services because of the price is an acceptable >>>> solution for you, why does the same not apply for text messages? >>> >>>Well there is one difference, the data rates are high because the >>>capacity is very limited (the same reason the carriers went from >>>unlimited to a 5GB cap on their data plans) and they couldn't handle the >>>demand if data were lower priced, so they set prices at what they >>>believe to be the amount where the network will be close to maximum >>>capacity, i.e. they could not handle 4x the data at 1/4 the price, at >>>least at this time. >> >> Yes, I understand that's why the rates for data are what they are, but >> it still seems somewhat hypocritical for the OP to refuse to use data >> services because of the rates, and then pitch such a hissy fit about >> text rates with his baseless accusations of price fixing. > >Pointing out that 20 cents is a bit high for a service that costs >0.3 cents is not a "hissy fit". Then how about this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107616/
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