http://piestar.net/2009/07/22/orange-fail-or-orange-its-not-1990-anymore/ A pragmatic look at the state of FOSS Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://piestar.net/2009/07/22/orange-fail-or-orange-its-not-1990-anymore/#comment-9317 Dim k Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:56:16 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=134#comment-9317 It's not that they don't know they should offer a data plan. It's they don't want to. Moving data is expensive, and uses up infrastructure resources. So, they will just try to sell the same SMS plans and speech minutes they sold in the 90s, which use very little infrastracture and yield big bucks. SMSes in particular, are practically the carrier's tollbooth, since an SMS is only 0.2KBs in size and costs a whooping 20cents. So, they will try to sell this model for as long as possible before switching. It’s not that they don’t know they should offer a data plan. It’s they don’t want to. Moving data is expensive, and uses up infrastructure resources. So, they will just try to sell the same SMS plans and speech minutes they sold in the 90s, which use very little infrastracture and yield big bucks. SMSes in particular, are practically the carrier’s tollbooth, since an SMS is only 0.2KBs in size and costs a whooping 20cents.
So, they will try to sell this model for as long as possible before switching.

]]> http://piestar.net/2009/07/22/orange-fail-or-orange-its-not-1990-anymore/#comment-2555 Nik Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:45:23 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=134#comment-2555 Btw, you may give Windows Mobile a try. Starting with version 6.0 it is not that bad at all, and using NET Framework CE and VS you can write some nice small add-ons for it. Btw, you may give Windows Mobile a try. Starting with version 6.0 it is not that bad at all, and using NET Framework CE and VS you can write some nice small add-ons for it.

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