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nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) wrote in
news:87hbxge5af.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net: 

> "Ness-Net" <richard.nodamn@nessnet.spam.com> writes:
> 
>> "Bill Z." <nobody@nospam.pacbell.net> wrote in message
>> news:871vol5ori.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net... 
>>> John Blutarsky <bluto@faber.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) wrote in
>>>> news:87prc5wlrs.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net:
>>>>
>>>>> John Blutarsky <bluto@faber.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) wrote in
>>>>>> news:87eisl3o4f.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Blutarsky <bluto@faber.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Boost charges $50 for unlimited voice.  But now you are arguing
>>>>>>>> in circles, as yo have claimed many times that pricing for
>>>>>>>> voice has no place in this discussion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It doesn't.  The issue was the high charge for text messages,
>>>>>>> not "unlimited plans" where you may end up paying for more than
>>>>>>> you need. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then why did you sudduenly bring voice prices into the
>>>>>> conversation? 
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't, aside from using voice prices to set an upper bound on
>>>>> the cost of a text message - estimating it as being roughly
>>>>> equivalent to 1/4 seconds of a voice call.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How did you come up with that estimate?
>>>
>>>
>>> I guess you don't know very much about the technology. :-) With the
>>> level of compression they use, it takes roughly a kilobyte per
>>> second to handle a voice call (more is better of course).  So figure
>>> on 250 bytes for the text message (message text + overhead such as
>>> the destination phone number and other protocol-specific data).
>>>
>>> That will get you fairly close to the actual number, assuming the
>>> cost of voice service is realistic.
>>
>> As one who DOES "know very much about the technology" it is VERY
>> obvious - you DON'T!
> 
> It is pretty damn obvious to me that you are have never learned how
> to estimate things.
> 
> 

Don't you get it, LJ?  He doesn't have to estimate- he KNOWS the associated 
costs.