(keitai-l) Re: vodafone cuts throat for 315yen?

From: Nik Frengle <nfrengle_at_gmail.com>
Date: 10/15/05
Message-ID: <3b4a8f0e0510151115o4b308507iad7146d8c60a8bfb@mail.gmail.com>
Nick,
You remind me of those 'Crazy, Crazy' car commericals that questioned the
sanity of the dealer for having cut costs so low. Vodafone couldn't have
said it better. Thanks! And, as I believe you are a VF customer, you are
welcome!
-Nik
On 10/16/05, Nick May <nick@kyushu.com> wrote:
>
> http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=351903
> <snip>
> Cell phone operator Vodafone KK said Tuesday it will begin a service
> on Nov 1 that will allow a subscriber to converse and exchange email
> with a designated person limitlessly for a fixed monthly fee of 315 yen
> </snip>
>
> (315 yen is about 2.37 euros, or 1.57 pounds sterling)
>
> from the pdf...
>
> http://www.vodafone.jp/english/release/2005/051011e.pdf
>
> "The service stands for the ability to call and mail the person one
> loves most without worrying about the cost"
>
> What is to stop one being one's own sweetheart? (Yes yes, I know, get
> thee inside me Narcissus!) I.e, opening a connection between two
> phones one owns, one of which is connected to a computer, and it's
> broadband connection, hence Skype, browsing etc, via bluetooth.
> THAT's just a matter of software at the "terminal" end...
>
> In other words, keeping the connection open permanently, 24/7, and
> browsing, Skyping, etc through one's own broadband connection...
> Robert X Cringley had a piece about exactly this linked too off
> Slashdot a while ago, you may recollect.
>
> Will Voda really eat the charges? Are they relying on controlling the
> handsets to make this impossible?
>
> The min rental on a 702NK (running Symbian, hence fairly "open") is
> what - 3500yen or so? So for 3815 yen (approx) fee I could, with the
> right software, have a permanent connection to the net, cheap
> international calls, etc etc...
>
> Is this inspired business, or desperation?
>
> Nick
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Received on Sat Oct 15 21:15:57 2005