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Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T

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On 2014-09-10, Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> On 9/9/2014 8:52 PM, Rich wrote:
>> http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-08/wi-fi-should-scare-the-hell-out-of-verizon-and-at-and-t#r=hp-ls
>>
>>     A major threat looms over wireless carriers that have invested billions
>>     in lightning-fast cellular networks: the humble Wi-Fi router.
>>
>>     Well more than half of the online activity produced by smartphone users
>>     happens over Wi-Fi, according to newly released data from Adobe Systems
>>     (ADBE). Although the report just came out on Monday, Adobe's research
>>     found that Wi-Fi had already surpassed Web browsing via cellular
>>     networks by early 2013. The data come from more than 10,000 websites.
>
> Here in Australia, I think the telcos have rather shot themselves in the 
> foot by having post-paid plans with meagre data allowances coupled with 
> truly punitive rates in excess of the allowance (quoted in cents per 
> kilobyte to hide their true nature). As a result, "bill shock" is a 
> phrase that's entered the language, and people are running scared when 
> it comes to using cellular network data.

Bill shock takes a long time to wear off.  When I got onto CompuServe in
1995 via dialup I was plagued by dropped lines and busy signals (at the
time British Telecom were charging for engaged calls, which they were not
supposed to do).

That first BT bill dwarfed what I had spent on CompuServe itself and even
when I moved to Switzerland and got solid and comparatively cheap
connections I could not resist the urge to terminate the connection ASAP
to avoid a nasty bill.

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Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-09 10:52 +0000
  Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-09-09 17:04 +0000
  Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-09 18:11 +0100
  Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-10 16:27 +1000
    Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-10 09:13 +0200
  Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-09-12 08:43 +0000
  Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-13 22:41 +1000
    Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-09-13 12:12 -0700
      Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-14 15:13 +1000
      Re: Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2014-09-14 19:28 +0200

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