Seeing how all the major carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint,) and many of the regional carriers only allow IM traffic when it counts as SMS, I'm sure they'll continue to be able to buy gold-plated Ferraris to blow up at their mansions every week. If anything, as mobile IM gets more and more widespread to even the tiniest carriers and comes preinstalled on every single phone, they'll just stand to make more money. After all, it's their technology and we just use it, so they can keep IM tied to SMS charges for as long as they like in the forseeable future.
That is until some whiny jerk mutters "class action suit" and the whole scheme collapses.
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Seeing how all the major carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint,) and many of the regional carriers only allow IM traffic when it counts as SMS, I'm sure they'll continue to be able to buy gold-plated Ferraris to blow up at their mansions every week. If anything, as mobile IM gets more and more widespread to even the tiniest carriers and comes preinstalled on every single phone, they'll just stand to make more money. After all, it's their technology and we just use it, so they can keep IM tied to SMS charges for as long as they like in the forseeable future.
That is until some whiny jerk mutters "class action suit" and the whole scheme collapses.