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sitkack on Feb 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Star in a Bottle

Correct, but that is a failure of the carriers not supporting their customers. Cellular carriers should be supporting VOIP over data (3g,4g) and internet wifi. But since they are rent seeking, they won't disrupt their voice and sms traffic, enabling plays like WhatsApp.

nickstinemates on Feb 24, 2014 [–]

No debates there; it will be interesting to see how phone carriers fight being 'dumb pipes', which I believe we all want to see as inevitable.

bobsil1 on Feb 25, 2014 | [–]

PSTN and TV are dead, they just don't know it yet.

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