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Public videophones could be made right now, if we wanted. Problem is that nobody wants them because they are less convenient than the simpler alternatives.
by Retra 9y ago
Public videophones could be made right now, if we wanted. Problem is that nobody wants them because they are less convenient than the simpler alternatives.
- chi17 9y agoThe simpler alternatives involve having to pay a monthly fee or having to pre-pay for minutes. In the future, perhaps we won't have the luxury of paying for a lot of service we haven't yet used and might not need to use.
- dmitriid 9y agoWelcome to the present, called "the rest of the world that's not the US" ;) (yeah, yeah, I know that many countries still have outrageous prices for networks, be it fiber or mobile).