Russ has an interesting commentary on the increasing adoption of mobile phones, and how the "all you can eat" bandwidth tariffs of the States put them in a prime position to overtake Europe in mobile services development.
He makes a good point, and one that really pisses me off. The high density of people in places like the UK mean that the mobile networks can get huge numbers of subscribers for comparatively low infrastructure costs, and yet they still feel it is necessary to gouge customers on a daily basis. Ludicrously expensive tariffs, over-complicated calling plans, and outrageous costs for data services (don't even get me started on the unrealistic and frankly disgusting pricing for 3G services).
It's a hare and the tortoise story. We started off with a mad sprint and a great opportunity, and we're going to be overtaken by the slow and lumbering US of A because our mobile networks got greedy. Shame on them.
Posted by savs at September 15, 2004 8:35 AM