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Telcos are traditional 'divide and conquer' enterprises

Just make out that the separate services are actually intrinsically different, and charge accordingly.

Worked fine when there were separate wires, but digital exchanges in the 1970s were naturally integrating the actual data paths.

Now it is all pretend that SMSs ARE expensive for the Telcos to transmit on their networks. Really? How many bytes does a 160 byte SMS actually use of the network bandwidth compared to an email which has been basically free for years? Ever looked at the data contained in email headers? Makes SMSs look like filler - and they probably are (just with higher QoS to make them seem fast).

All smoke and mirrors that was always doomed to be exposed. Thanks to 3/
Orange/Hutchinson for breaking the false monopoly by offering to be plain data pipes and even promoting VoIP.

Posted by: Patanjali   Posted on: 07/15/09  (Edited: 07/15/2009 @ 06:18) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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