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To: stock bull who wrote (68766)	9/17/2007 7:05:15 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

this is basically the same old issue with carriers that dovetails on John Battelle's theme - "the wireless web sucks". Carriers want to charge for services on a piecemeal basis, lock you in and other BS. The web flourished thanks to an essentially flat rate fee structure that encouraged widespread usage since everyone paid a flat rate. If we had ISPs that had the same mindset as Verizon during the web boom, we would never be where we are today. I think we are going to suffer until the wireless players offer a completely flat rate for everything, all inclusive. Iphone is trying for that but not quite there. A lot better than a traditional contract where they ding you on every webpage you access though.

To: stock bull who wrote (68766)	9/17/2007 7:11:26 PM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Text messaging is just a series of scandals aiting to happen. This isn't the first time I've been hit with bogus charges from Sprint. A few years ago, Sprint got into trouble and had to pay out a substantial lawsuit. Maybe I should get a lawyer and file a class action suit for the 75557 texts they are billing me. It totally infuriates me to see a company like Sprint go to such lengths to swindle their customers. ATT is worse, they charged me $700 for service I never had with them a few years ago. I never did get refunded for that bill either. They debited it from my bank account, and Southtrust wouldn't refund the charge either. I work so hard to keep my wireless bills at $130 a month. I checked on my charges the past 2 months and noticed that Sprint was gratifying themselves to an extra $30 to $40 a month in extra charges. It's criminal behavior.