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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
its was interesting to hear the answers. I might be fucking up some of the details but basically they said it has to do with a few core issues, the first of which is the fact that all these carriers here were competing for so many years with different technologies trying to become the standard (whereas, everywhere else, GSM is the standard). Another factor is that they typically don't cooperate with each other on any level (vs. other countries cooperating extensively across borders) Another huge factor is the size of the country and how spread out shit is... with the level of competition here, they all basically have build their own networks across the entire country, fighting each state, environmentalists etc.
i have seen maybe 4 TV commericials in my life for ringtones. maybe 5 or so for sms chat/dating. from europe, thats probably hard to imagine.
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Ah.. remember that PP
We had GSM phones and there was no service at the time (at least in Florida) - and ended up buying new phones usable within the US.
Sure, can see there is going to be conflicts/competition in covering all states and each trying to cut the throat of the other.
You are prob aware stuff like SMS has been active in Europe for a good few years - and a fairly profitable extension to "phone sex" operations.