"With 32 engineers over four years, WhatsApp built something that's as speedy and reliable as telecom text networks without any of the regulatory, pricing or sp

"With 32 engineers over four years, WhatsApp built something that's as speedy and reliable as telecom text networks without any of the regulatory, pricing or spectrum advantages enjoyed by those companies" While this is technically true, I think it's worth pointing out that WhatsApp doesn't work without those telcoms and all their regulatory, pricing and spectrum advantage. Frankly, WhatsApp did the easiest part of sending a message. That's not to say what they did was easy or trivial, but it's not as hard or expensive or labor intensive as installing and maintaining a wireless network. WhatsApp did do something pretty useful though: they've shown everyone how overpriced SMSes are.