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 More options Aug 14 2008, 10:07 pm
From: silky <michaelsli...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:07:35 +1000
Local: Thurs, Aug 14 2008 10:07 pm
Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: New project idea: Bringing back Twitter SMS
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Geoff McQueen

<geoff.mcqu...@internetrix.com.au> wrote:

> Silky,

> Agreed. The only way would be for someone other than twitter to foot the bill,

agreed; other than twitter *and also* other then the consumer. and who
is that person? a mysteriously charitable - and as yet anonymous -
company maybe :)

> and search for a great price on international GSM gateway access through the
> likes of South Africa (where currency differentials make this sort of thing remotely
> possible).

> Given the carriers make something like $1m profit on 1GB of SMS, the fact they
> haven't been more amenable to working with someone like Twitter (it is their spare
> wireless bandwidth after all!!!) is a disgrace.

ah yeah but i mean why would they care. a big company only changes
when it needs to, not based on what people "from the internet" want.
we're such a small minority that it's hardly worth much consideration
and certainly not on the scale of a 'disgrace' in my books, but jmho.

> Perhaps the answer is to abandon SMS as the channel?

maybe another solution will become apparent in the coming months :)
for now i remain unconcerned (i never used it anyway [the sms update
service]).

> Geoff

--
noon silky

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