Comments on: Verizon Wireless may charge companies for text http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/12/verizon-wireless-may-charge-companies-for-text/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Seymour Anoe http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/12/verizon-wireless-may-charge-companies-for-text/comment-page-1/#comment-355326 Seymour Anoe Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:24:42 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=7505#comment-355326 Disneyland can be a work of affection. We didn't get into Disneyland simply with thinking about earning money. Disneyland can be a work of affection. We didn’t get into Disneyland simply with thinking about earning money.

]]> By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/12/verizon-wireless-may-charge-companies-for-text/comment-page-1/#comment-140812 DavidB Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:20:16 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=7505#comment-140812 Wow Bruce, do you see black helicopters when you look out your window? This isn't some conspiracy nor is it Verizon reading your text messages (though I am sure they have a right to). This IS about finally a US carrier deciding those who generate billions of messages on their network ought to be paying more for that priviledge. Like the rest of the world eh? I say its about time. Oh, and any company that built their business plan on the assumption that service like this would remain free or dirt cheap was foolish. SMS costs carriers FAR more to implement in their network then do things like email, but nobody has come up with a technology yet that is like sms in its universality yet is cheap and easy to do. Wow Bruce, do you see black helicopters when you look out your window?

This isn’t some conspiracy nor is it Verizon reading your text messages (though I am sure they have a right to). This IS about finally a US carrier deciding those who generate billions of messages on their network ought to be paying more for that priviledge. Like the rest of the world eh? I say its about time.

Oh, and any company that built their business plan on the assumption that service like this would remain free or dirt cheap was foolish. SMS costs carriers FAR more to implement in their network then do things like email, but nobody has come up with a technology yet that is like sms in its universality yet is cheap and easy to do.

]]> By: Bruce L http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/10/12/verizon-wireless-may-charge-companies-for-text/comment-page-1/#comment-140806 Bruce L Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:19:43 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=7505#comment-140806 It seems to me that Verizon is admitting to violating its users privacy by reading their text messages. What business is it of Verizon who sends its users text messages and what those messages say? If I’m working on a car or property deal and my Realtor or car salesman calls me about it, does Verizon have a right to listen to the conversation and charge the sales staff or company for calling me? It’s the same thing with a text message. If I opt in for political ads or news alerts or updates on products I am interested in, what gives Verizon the right to listen in on my text messages to determine who is contacting me and whether or not that contact included advertising? It seems to me that Verizon is admitting to violating its users privacy by reading their text messages. What business is it of Verizon who sends its users text messages and what those messages say? If I’m working on a car or property deal and my Realtor or car salesman calls me about it, does Verizon have a right to listen to the conversation and charge the sales staff or company for calling me? It’s the same thing with a text message. If I opt in for political ads or news alerts or updates on products I am interested in, what gives Verizon the right to listen in on my text messages to determine who is contacting me and whether or not that contact included advertising?

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