On 5/15/2010 6:38 PM, Graham Freeman wrote:
That may be, but it would surprise me. The carriers still get paid
> by virtue of charging the recipients for the SMSes, and in this
> particular case cutting off this line of communication
is leaving money on the table, as email->SMS deliverability
is desired yet optional/secondary functionality of the app.
Based on what I see in the marketplace today, I think that the average
wireless carrier exec doesn't do the same math. For them, I think it's
more like:
Q: What's better than a service we can charge our users for?
A: A service we can charge our users for, while at the same time
charging somebody else.