Re: Idea for computer program. cellular related.

[carlmorris@my-deja.com]

In article <80a93b$lvg$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  dolphinride@my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <3827008E.BF08C467@pwfl.com>,
>   condicma@pwflcom wrote:
> > PT wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm.  Overall, your idea is not bad.  But you have one problem.  A
> > > conversation that is interupted every 59 seconds and then resume
> every 15
> > > seconds would really sucks.  Just think how many times you have to
> input
> > > keys on your phone (talk, end, destination phone number) or how
> many times
> > > you have to  answer the phone.  All this for a time when cell
phone
> prices
> > > are so cheap.  Pacbell in  Southern California  gives you 500
> minutes for
> > > $50 a month, this is a lot of minutes where the average cell calls
> are 2
> > > minutes long.   Sorry man, I don't mean to bust your bubble but
the
> idea is
> > > well, hard to buy.
> > >
> >
> > If you *did* implement such a solution, undoubtedly, the cell phone
> companies
> > would simply change the rules and you're out of business.
>    The question is how many people would have to start using this
> program on a regular basis for the cellular provider to change any
> services/advertising as a result of it.
>
>    My belief is that this program would not be used by a high
> percentage of cellular customers that have the availability if "first
> inbound minute free"
>
>   If cellular provider "A" stopped offering first inbound minute free,
> cellular provider "B" would have a competitive edge on the
> sales/advertising floor. These are the glaring reasons why cellular
> providers will not stop offering "first inbound minute free" just
> because of this program...
>
> >
> > Throw on top of it (as you said) the falling cost of cell time and
its
> > difficult to believe that such a system would be in business for
> long. We are
> > rapidly approaching a point where a cell phone could replace the
> "regular"
> > phone at an economical price. Add the fact that people *do* have
> substitutes
> > (Call my cell phone and let me know who you are, then I go to a
> regular phone
> > and call you back...) and you have to ask "How is it this is going
to
> make
> > money?
> >
>
>    Based on how many man hours this program would take to write and
the
> current pricing plans of local cellular providers, I think the idea is
> viable.


How much will this program cost the user? It will obviously
have to be much less than the saving made from call charges.

BTW, I thought this post was going to be about cellular
automata, e.g. Conway's Life, which is a completely
different topic.


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