--- In [email protected], Steve Wood <st...@...> wrote: > What?! Provision cost has NOTHING to do with it. Telecoms companies are > among the worst offenders in this respect. Text messaging costs > literally nothing to provide for example but it's only ever given away > "free" as a loss leader on expensive voice contracts.
Err, not wishing to negate your point, but I have to take exception to your example. You obviously haven't seen the cost of maintenance contracts on the SMS switching kit. I can assure you the cost of providing reliable text messaging in the quantities we see nowadays is NOT free!
