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by NeutronBoy 5120 days ago
> On the 4 major carriers in the U.S., we don’t have the luxury of a rational system like some carriers in other parts of the world, where only the sender pays for the text.

Someone, please explain the rationale behind this to me! It's such a strange concept to me. How does this make sense? How do people actually put up with _paying_ to receive SMS and voice calls?
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phene 5120 days ago
Lack of choice and collusion by the major telecoms.
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pcopley 5119 days ago
If you're going to implicate every major US telecom company in a massive conspiracy to commit a crime, you should probably have a source.

Or not be crazy.

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evhr 5119 days ago
It's possible to infer collusion from indirect evidence, especially extraordinary pricing. See American Tobacco Co. v. United States, 328 US 781 (1946). It's not common, but it's not crazy either.
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hindsightbias 5119 days ago
Free Markets aren't so free?

Am sure one of the libertarians here can help you out.

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