On: FaceTime and the iPod Touch

[mikecane]

This answers my question, Why doesn't Apple or Google just buy a carrier? Because they intend to put them out of business.

[steadicat → mikecane]

How can they get rid of carriers altogether? They are still the only way to get widespread wireless data service. And as long as that doesn't change, they're gonna do all they can to cling to the old model.

[mikecane → steadicat]

How did Alexander Graham Bell wind up getting rid of the entrenched Western Union in his day? Things change all the time.