The 6X scare.

List,

It has been posited that a significant percentage of the cost for voice 
is directly due to processing both the billing and record keeping 
typical in this industry.

So what could happen when we introduce a pervasive WiFi network and all 
restrictions are removed?

You get services like Scratch Wireless.
www.scratchwireless.com

What you get when you buy a Scratch smartphone:

  * Free unlimited talk, text and data anytime you're on Wi-Fi (which is
    more than 80% of the time for many of us).
  * Free unlimited texting on Wi-Fi or cellular networks.
  * Pay-as-you-go access to cellular voice and data, only when you
    need it, for as little as $1.99.
  * Unprecedented customer support.
  * Everything you expect in a smartphone, including access to the
    entire Google Play store.
  * No contracts. No ads. No catch.

If we reduce the US pricing levels and substitute a lower cost smart 
phone, one can the benefit to the people of India.

And yet, once such a service was adopted, what effect would this have on 
the cost of connectivity? My belief is that it would have none.

The question we are asking needs to be reframed from "Who will pay for 
this?" to "How do we utilize the resources we have to best serve 
everyone?" and until such time as this discussion begins, we will get 
more of what we have.

Respectfully,

Ken DiPietro
Cumberland MD

And before anyone casts dispersions, I am in no way affiliated with 
Scratch Wireless, have never been compensated by them or any other 
company like them, and do not receive anything whatsoever for providing 
this information.

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