Comments on: Carriers ask Industry Canada for “spectrum fee holiday” http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/ Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:42:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jessie http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/#comment-24240 Jessie Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10705#comment-24240 This is one of the many ways that the carriers here in Canada just plain suck. They all work in a closed loop market. None of them offer real benefit over the other - they all protect their market share by not effectively driving the price down... this is part of the reason why this flippin' market needs to be cracked open. This is one of the many ways that the carriers here in Canada just plain suck. They all work in a closed loop market. None of them offer real benefit over the other – they all protect their market share by not effectively driving the price down… this is part of the reason why this flippin' market needs to be cracked open.

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]]> By: Darren Humphries http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/#comment-23742 Darren Humphries Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:40:53 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10705#comment-23742 Kind of a joke isn't it? Carriers ask for free licensing but there is NO WAY they would free us from the same obligation. Take a look at the cost to the carriers of the fees. They are collecting 1.5B but the cost is 130M. So, even if they got that break from the government and passed it on it would meant we shave *maybe* a dollar off of SAF. Yawn. Keeping the networks up to date is a regular cost of doing business, roll the freakin SAF into the cost of the plans and stop playing around! We don't have to pay separate machinery costs for products we buy, we don't pay extra scissor charges for haircuts. Good grief! BTW, text messaging does NOT cost the carriers nothing; that's silly and naive. There is a for the system servers to accept, packetize, catalog and send the messages. Of course there is a cost, just not as high as they make it out to be. Kind of a joke isn't it? Carriers ask for free licensing but there is NO WAY they would free us from the same obligation.

Take a look at the cost to the carriers of the fees. They are collecting 1.5B but the cost is 130M. So, even if they got that break from the government and passed it on it would meant we shave *maybe* a dollar off of SAF. Yawn.

Keeping the networks up to date is a regular cost of doing business, roll the freakin SAF into the cost of the plans and stop playing around! We don't have to pay separate machinery costs for products we buy, we don't pay extra scissor charges for haircuts. Good grief!

BTW, text messaging does NOT cost the carriers nothing; that's silly and naive. There is a for the system servers to accept, packetize, catalog and send the messages. Of course there is a cost, just not as high as they make it out to be.

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]]> By: David Steele http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/#comment-23740 David Steele Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:55:16 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10705#comment-23740 "The carriers say that the SAF are in place to operate and maintain their network and upgrade their technology..." I'm sorry, isn't that what you use net income for, like every other business? "The carriers say that the SAF are in place to operate and maintain their network and upgrade their technology…"

I'm sorry, isn't that what you use net income for, like every other business?

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]]> By: x http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/#comment-23723 x Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:22:43 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10705#comment-23723 The writer of this article seems to believe cellular providers function on good intentions. Hint: They don't. It's all about the profits. The writer of this article seems to believe cellular providers function on good intentions.

Hint: They don't. It's all about the profits.

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]]> By: theninjasquad http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/#comment-23721 theninjasquad Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:15 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10705#comment-23721 It's kind of how text messaging costs the carriers nothing yet they still insist on charging more for them and justifying that it actually costs them money to send them. I guess the big 3 don't see the irony in their own charges and rhetoric. It's kind of how text messaging costs the carriers nothing yet they still insist on charging more for them and justifying that it actually costs them money to send them. I guess the big 3 don't see the irony in their own charges and rhetoric.

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]]> By: magungo http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/14/carriers-ask-for-spectrum-fee-holiday-to-reduce-licensing-fees/#comment-23719 magungo Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:23:58 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10705#comment-23719 All that will happen is the carriers will pull 120 million more in profit, they dont give a shit about consumers All that will happen is the carriers will pull 120 million more in profit, they dont give a s**t about consumers

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