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From: JakeStraw	5/18/2011 1:06:10 PM
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Has Microsoft Declared War on Carriers? minyanville.com "If over half of a soft carrier's airtime minutes were carried over Wi-Fi rather than a leased cellular network, that carrier could beat a traditional mobile carrier on price even if the traditional carrier doubled their costs when they leased access to the soft carrier, and for every customer who only has 3G access there's another who has almost exclusively Wi-Fi access, and over time the scales continue to tip toward the latter, steadily lowering soft-carrier costs. Rates could either be flat regardless of transport, averaging out the benefit to all customers, or discounts could be given to those who use Wi-Fi more often." With this system in place, consumers could finally move away from the ridiculously outdated process of placing a call over a cellular network. Never knowing before making a call whether the person is free, present, and willing to chat -- unlike, say, an AIM or GChat status. Having to pay (comparatively) an arm and a leg to send 160 characters when a lengthy email is essentially free. And dealing with one dropped call after another.

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