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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (18060)	11/28/2006 10:34:47 PM
From: Lhn5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

<<Let's see. You quoted 4 x $175? I've been told by friends (indeed, I've seen it in my own household once or twice, but for extraordinary reasons) and have read in print where some children's individual text-messaging bills routinely range into the hundreds of dollars per month. Some approach the $700 bogie you're looking at, and I dare say that some may even run higher, until they get bagged.>> Thank goodness my kids still go to school, play sports, participate in music, dance, play video games,use ipods, watch sports on TV, and bicker with each other quite a bit...therefore, their cellular bills remain miniscule. Well the dance classes aren't free, but so what!!! But certainly as the monthly bill approaches the penalty fees they become inconsequential...I agree with you there. Your waffling is realistic. Telcos, cables, wireless, VOIP...it's a mess out there right now.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (18060)	12/14/2006 10:34:44 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

South Korean government caps teens mobile phone use December 14, 2006 \| By Dave White [FAC: Contrast this story with Message #18060, uplinked. With thanks to Bob Frankston for the pointer to this article ] mobilemag.com South Korean parents who despair at having to pay skyrocketing mobile phone bills for their chatty children now have the government on their side. Starting in 2007, new telecom regulations will include a contract that basically prohibits teens from spending more than US$40 a month on the phone. That's a mountain of lost revenue for the country's telecom companies, which estimate that a full two-thirds of the country's 6 million teenagers have mobile phones. One study found that 100,000 teens spent more than 100,000 won a month using their mobiles for gaming, texting, and chatting. That's US$108, for those following the figures. Add to that a story from a leading newspaper that a teen killed himself when he got a US$4,000 mobile bill, and you have a serious situation. The new telecom regulations will include advice for parents on how to teach their children to use their mobiles responsibly and how to better determine how much money mobile use will cost. ------