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2008-12-30 by spike Leave a Comment

The “most emailed” story in the NY Times today is about the prices and costs of sending text messages from a mobile phone.  Mobile phone companies charge an arm and a leg for these–in terms of markup on costs it has to be the single most lucrative service they offer.  US carriers charge 20 cents … [Read more…]

Posted in: Devices, Fail Tagged: cell phone, mobile phone, NY Times, sms, text messaging, txt

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