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Quite the way to show some good-will and consumer choice in light of all the negative press re: TMO merger.

Just switch to Google Voice.

I'm still peeved that Google Voice refuses to deliver MMS or even notify you that they won't be delivered. Right now they just drop into a black hole. That's what's keeping me from using it exclusively. There's no way I can tell all my friends and family, "send me SMS, but all pictures have to be emailed." they'll never remember.

Yeah, I did that a long time ago. Along with iMessage, I can communicate with almost anyone in the world for free. AT&T? Bah, who needs 'em.

It's really quite funny: mobile operators are deadly scared of becoming little more than "dumb (radio) pipes" for data, yet every single move they do is so wrong on so many level it only ends up with more customers using them solely as dumb data pipes.

I disagree, at least regarding this move. Carriers know the tendency is inevitable, and they have no interest competing with free. They're doing this to milk it while it lasts, and then they'll gladly let Apple pay for the messaging service while they charge for the data. You're still tied to them anyway.

You're probably right, but the carriers (primarily AT&T) don't need to be such dicks about it.

They can't help it, it's their nature.

I'm reminded of this every time I leave a voicemail and have to listen to the lengthy instructions on how to use it -- not to be informative, but to up your talk time.

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