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Do it.
Not a chance. At least not in my lifetime..Eventually cell phone use will be completely free
Back before the turn of the century Popular Science did an article on digital cell phone service that predicted by around 2010 there would be unlimited minutes just like your home phone for about $50 a month. It didn't get into data usage or predict the reason for it being sms and data being the new cash cows as the reasoning, just that it would be so main stream that it'd naturally become the replacement for the home phone due to convenience. The thing I remember most about the article was they predicted AT&T would be the one to introduce it and the plethora of other carriers would fall in line. This was back before all the mega mergers when we had a boat load of carriers to choose from.Eventually cell phone use will be completely free
I'd like to believe that, and just from the fact that they can gain advertising dollars by targeting us and monitoring our use it does have merit, however I highly doubt it. We are seeing more and more attention being paid to privacy with regard to how you use your phone, and yet we are also seeing more and more ways that both carriers and web content providers (read Google et Al), are utilizing cookies and other methods to track our usage and sell that information to marketing and advertising firms so it's not completely farfetched.Eventually cell phone use will be completely free
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Remember, you saw it here first and that constitutes a patent.
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According to the WSJ, Google will announce Fibre expansion to Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte tomorrow.
Nobody is addressing the elephant in the room.
Are people willing to give up their average monthly price of $50 bucks a month in lieu of $120 service? It's hard to say....
$120 includes 150+ channels of TV. $70. for 1000Mbps up and down. I would pay the additional $20 bucks. Basic service is free.Nobody is addressing the elephant in the room.
Are people willing to give up their average monthly price of $50 bucks a month in lieu of $120 service? It's hard to say....
I have 300+ channels and your right 75% are garbage IMO. But others may have interest in what I do not. Each to their own.Then you have the question of how many of those 150+ channels are worth watching? 5-10% maybe if you're lucky. I'd go with the 70 plan and stream my own content. Which is still 20 more than what we were paying before we cut the cord almost 2 years ago.