http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/07/25/cellular-networks-and-net-neutrality/ Ripping mobility from the clutches of telecom Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/07/25/cellular-networks-and-net-neutrality/#comment-24069 miker Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:24:21 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=162#comment-24069 Also, it's impossible for the sender of the message to subsidize the cost should they figure out a business model for which that's viable. I think the US is the only place where both the sender and the receiver pay, I believe everyone else has the sender paying with no charge for receiving a message. Although that doesn't necessarily change the cost structure for deploying a service, it does change the value proposition the service has to hit. Minimally useful notifications work in other places, as long as the sender is willing to pay people will sign up. However notifications in the US have to be mentally weighed not only against the cost of paying attention to the notifications, but also the impact on their phone bill. Also, it’s impossible for the sender of the message to subsidize the cost should they figure out a business model for which that’s viable. I think the US is the only place where both the sender and the receiver pay, I believe everyone else has the sender paying with no charge for receiving a message. Although that doesn’t necessarily change the cost structure for deploying a service, it does change the value proposition the service has to hit. Minimally useful notifications work in other places, as long as the sender is willing to pay people will sign up. However notifications in the US have to be mentally weighed not only against the cost of paying attention to the notifications, but also the impact on their phone bill.

]]> http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/07/25/cellular-networks-and-net-neutrality/#comment-24065 Shannon J Hager Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:12:15 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=162#comment-24065 The cost of messages for the user is high for services that want to charge a "per message" cost because of the pricing restrictions that the carriers put in place. For example, you can not charge 10 cents per message because the carriers will not let you, they want you to charge much more than that. It is a sad state of affairs. The cost of messages for the user is high for services that want to charge a “per message” cost because of the pricing restrictions that the carriers put in place. For example, you can not charge 10 cents per message because the carriers will not let you, they want you to charge much more than that. It is a sad state of affairs.

]]> http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/07/25/cellular-networks-and-net-neutrality/#comment-24029 Shane Brady Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:14:28 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=162#comment-24029 What about the costs of SMS to the users? Do phone companies charge prohibitly expensive rated for messages across networks which is slowing adoption for interactive services? What about the costs of SMS to the users? Do phone companies charge prohibitly expensive rated for messages across networks which is slowing adoption for interactive services?

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