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