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I'm waiting for the time when carriers realize that everything should be a data plan. Voice is just bits and bytes anyway, so why not roll up the voice minutes

• pvarangot 15y ago
  Maybe because they are already charging that way, getting premium profit out of their bits, and people paying for them and are mostly happy with the product. I mean, if Facebook was charging per wall post and had managed to be massively used as it is today, it would be insane to ask them to go "open bar".
• Steko 15y ago
  Carriers realize this. They also realize they get more money from the current setup as we transition from generations that are used to paying for voice to a more digitally minded consumer base. The ipad plan is a pretty good data only no contract plan. My wife lost her phone so I gave her my iphone and bought a 3g ipad2 and used a cheap prepaid phone while I waited for 4S/5. That ran about $40 a month instead of the $80+/month you get with a smartphone contract.