Marts <marts_57@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Interesting article, this.
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/mobile...339221496.html

Nope, just the usual pig ignorant journalistic shit.

> I presume that it refers to overseas markets. I can't see it happening here.

It wont happen anywhere.

> We've had mobile services for a fair while now, and it's reaching
> or has reached saturation point. Yet it is still very expensive,

No SMS aint.

> what with timed calls at around a dollar a minute for some plans.

What matters is the best prices, not the most expensive.

> SMSes now cost 25 cents a pop.

There's plenty a hell of a lot cheaper than that. In spades outside this country.

> That's expensive no matter which way you look at it.

Wrong when it conveys what you need to communicate.

> Also, 3G services have been around for a while and data costs are horrendous.

Not for SMS volumes they arent.

> I can't see the major players looking to make mobile data services
> affordable to anyone other than those who require them for
> business purposes in either the short or the long term.

There's some that offer free SMS.

> Still, it's nice to dream, huh?

No need to dream, plenty available.