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Congress asks phone companies: Why are text prices rising?


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:57:56 -0400



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From: "Bob Frankston" <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
Date: September 10, 2008 8:34:17 PM EDT
To: "'Dewayne Hendricks'" <dewayne () warpspeed com>, "'Open Infrastructure Alliance'" <oia () lists bway net>, "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net >
Cc: "'Seth Elkin-Frankston'" <seth () frankston com>
Subject: Congress asks phone companies: Why are text prices rising?

This could be exciting – does anyone know more about this and about Herb Kohl? Once you start asking questions the industry itself is open to question. Obviously I want to pursue this because perhaps he’s ready for http://www.frankston.com/?name=AssuringScarcity and can recognize the conflict of interest in inherent in telecom as a service business.

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/09/10/congress-asks-phone-companies-why-are-text-prices-rising/

Congress asks phone companies: Why are text prices rising?
By Chris Gaylord | 09.10.08
With text-messaging rates doubling over the past three years, Sen. Herb Kohl has started asking questions. The Wisconsin Democrat and head of the Senate’s antitrust subcommittee sent a letter to the four major cellular companies on Tuesday with some interesting points.
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