tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661320.post7726775291274548706..comments2023-08-17T09:17:21.374+01:00Comments on Digital Evangelist: Mobile Phone Firms rip you off....Ian Wood. Principal Wireless Foundry LLPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06822944351512034141noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661320.post-22695227287357984972008-04-29T10:37:00.000+01:002008-04-29T10:37:00.000+01:00I am with you there. I almost had to switch off th...I am with you there. I almost had to switch off the TV after the 'academic' research into the cost of SMS! It costs ~£80 p/mb to transfer data from the Hubble telescope but <BR/>~£300 p/mb in the form of SMS!!!<BR/><BR/>Ha ha, how tenuous a link! How far removed from reality do you have to be make that analogy; it smacks of a TV production team trying to grab sensationalist headlines. <BR/><BR/>Does Hubble have millions of customers to expensively support? Does it need to invest millions in advertising to survive in a highly competitive environment? Does it subsidize its equipment? Welcome to the world of business Despatches, nothing new here! <BR/><BR/>It's a shame, because the programme did make some valid points about sales tactics, complexity of tariffs, roaming charges etc. There's a lot that the industry needs to correct - unfortunately Depatches took the problem 'tabloid'. <BR/><BR/>Favorite quote of the show, a statement from an high-street retailer. "We would never sell a handset with a known problem."<BR/><BR/>That'll be some empty shelves you've got then!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com