Re: What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Larry Press <lpress () csudh edu>
Date: December 29, 2008 11:04:00 AM EST
To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, <ghicks () hicks-net net>
Subject: Re: [IP] What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting

> What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting



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Let's be conservative and assume the typical song is 2 minutes long.  
If it were encoded at 256k bits per second, the rate Apple iTunes uses  
for premium recordings, that would be roughly 30,720,000 bits -- the  
equivalent of 27,429 text messages. If a music vendor like Apple  
charged the same rate per bit as a text message vendor, a song would  
cost around $5,486 to transmit, yet Apple manages to sell and deliver  
songs, and make a profit at $1.29 per song.

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http://cis471.blogspot.com/2008/09/senator-kohl-questions-cellular.html





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