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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (27668)	3/9/2010 11:11:25 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29986

>PCS, you are forgetting that people who make voice calls pay for the total service including the devices they use. < Voice Calls???? Do people still make Voice Calls in New Zealand??? In the US. The RBOC's want to dismantle their Circuit Switched networks because of non-use and expense. There is no scale in them anymore.... The only thing most people need when out of reach with terrestrial is some data and SMS. Add MSS enabled SMS to most cell phones and that's all they really need. I told someone that I would give them a call the other week and they looked at me like I had trees growing from my ears. They said they weren't even sure the voice portion of their phone still worked it had been so long since they used it. Personally, I like the "open source" plan. Let manufactures add the anywhere SMS functionality to the basic cell phone for free. Then charge 10¢ per SMS when using the MSS SMS feature. Maybe charge a couple of bucks a month for access. In the US. People want anywhere SMS messaging. Do they need to make a phone call???? Not likely!!! That will get the consumer crowds moving in!! PCSTEL

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (27668)	3/10/2010 11:07:47 AM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29986

Then reduce that $1 million until people start buying because the total value is good for them. Keep lowering it until the constellation can't take any more users without overload. Then start jacking up the megabyte price until it's all in balance. Sounds illegal to me. It's called "bait and switch". Buy this phone of $3,000 and get free minutes of use. Then suddenly you are going to tell them the free minutes of use are up because capacity is limited, and now you have to start paying for a la carte pricing??? If I go to a buffet and pay $25 up front for a plate that I am promised I can fill with all the food I can eat. You can't stop me when my plate is full and give me a bill for the food on my plate because there are too many people signed up for the $25 plate, and the underlying food on the buffet. Maybe that's the way you do business in NZ. But, not in the US. PCSTEL