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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Skype to FCC: open up those cellular networks, please]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/22/skype-to-fcc-open-up-those-cellular-networks-please/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/22/skype-to-fcc-open-up-those-cellular-networks-please/</guid><description><![CDATA[Heroes!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Allen Klosowski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 2:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Skype to FCC: open up those cellular networks, please]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/22/skype-to-fcc-open-up-those-cellular-networks-please/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/22/skype-to-fcc-open-up-those-cellular-networks-please/</guid><description><![CDATA[As much as we all want to hate on the man, carriers have to charge you for *something*. The only reason they base their pricing on how many voice minutes you use is because it's an easy way to quantify things. Tying up their customer service agents all the time costs them way more money than sending a few thousand text messages. But, if they charged you based on how often you called customer service, people would freak out.<br><br>Carriers need to (and eventually will) change their pricing structure. A pay-by-the-byte system is the only logical choice. Once they completely retool their business model to adjust for this, they'll have significantly less concern over what you're actually doing with those bytes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2007 9:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Skype to FCC: open up those cellular networks, please]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/22/skype-to-fcc-open-up-those-cellular-networks-please/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/22/skype-to-fcc-open-up-those-cellular-networks-please/</guid><description><![CDATA[Skype is a great product!<br><br>Andrew]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hillman, Andrew Hillman, Andrew Hillman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2007 9:11AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>