Oxford <colalovesmacs@mac.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>>> but the need for a "telco" is only temporary.

>> Bet it isnt.

> Check with us in 11 years,

Still will have fuck all of the country covered by wifi.

> and your tune will say, "oh, I guess that Oxford guy was right".

Not a chance. And you'll be dead then anyway.

>>> Cell towers are dead ends, VOIP wipes them out and is basically "free".

>> Pity about the lack of WiFi in so much of the area most want to move in.

> Do you live in the US? Just curious? or the back woods?

Irrelevant to how much of the US is covered by wifi where its viable to do voip.

>> And if cell towers are dead ends, no point in getting an
>> iphone, you might as well just have a decent non phone
>> instead and avoid the 2 year contract cost with AT&T too.

> But an iPhone will allow for free phone calls within the year,

We'll see...

> most "cell" phones won't.

Most wont care because there plans wont
cost anything like what the iphone plans cost.

>>>> And then there's the phone plans on offer too. That
>>>> isnt something that was relevant with the ipod, you
>>>> could just dump your CDs into if it you wanted to.

>>> But you don't need a data plan for many of the iphone features,

>> You do for voip tho.

> Not sure as of yet. VOIP would run in the Safari Browser
> as it sits now, so there would be no need for "data" through
> ATT for that. That's all pure TCP/IP / 802.11.

Pity about what they charge per month.

>>> so just learn that once Skype is on the iPhone,
>>> (about 2 months) no need to pay ATT a single penny.

>> Wrong, you're locked into a 2 year contract with ATT.

> Ah, but you can leave on day 1 for $175, so you aren't "locked in".

You still get to pay someone a substantial monthly charge.

>>> Then the iPhone becomes a "free" phone
>>> to talk to anyone in the world for "free".

>> Fantasy. Skype aint free.

> Skype to Skype is free, so iPhone to iPhone would be free,

Pity about everyone else you need to call.

> sure if you are talking to an old fashioned phone, you pay a small fee, or
> international old fashioned phones, you pay a bit higher fee, but Skype to
> Skype anywhere in the world, to Skype anywhere in the world is free.

Pity about those you need to call that dont have skype.

>>> Like it should be.

>> Its nothing like that.

> You'll learn.

I've learnt, that wankers like you have never ever had a clue.

> And since you are too slow to understand large
> concepts as I discuss, you've been Plonked!

Fat lot of good that will do you, child.

> Sorry, you just aren't rational.

Silly little desperatey wanking children like you in spades, child.

Now clean that mess up and go to your room.