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Old 05-19-2004, 06:16 PM  
Rick Latona
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Originally posted by KRL
Just reading that over 100 Million call attempts aren't going through every time they do the voting on American Idol.

If they added a paid 900 number on there, not only would they get a fairer vote with more calls getting through, but also make millions of dollars every night from the hundreds of thousands of viewers that would gladly pay a premium just to be sure their vote is counted.
They are making a lot more from fan loyalty. That's like saying Consumption Junction should charge a couple of dollars a month. I'd kill my fan base.

MTV tried using 900 numbers years ago to vote for top videos and the system failed.
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