On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, John Todd wrote:
For what it's worth, I found few people who were willing to pay for this service, though that could have been just due to Epic Fail on the part of our marketing department. (1)
I've got a bunch of people asking for it, though they probably want an unlimited plan for $5, and though the carriers can do that since there is almost zero overhead for them, we have to pay the carriers, and they are not cheap. $0.03-0.05 per SMS, both inbound AND outbound.
(1) I was the CTO and "inventor" at a company called TalkPlus, which did exactly what you're describing. Client software on the handset did data-channel call setup (bi-directional, Caller-ID correct,) text messaging on multiple DIDs, device independence, visual voicemail (before Apple), and a host of other cool features. Couldn't convince anyone to buy it. Company folded.
I watched an interview with you somewhere on the Internet, and tried to log into my account. Obviously it didn't work, sorry to hear it folded. You were CTO and Inventor, Jeff Black was Chairman and founder, right? http://vator.tv/news/show/2007-09-18-1-1-interview-with-talkplus-chairman-an... Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy beckman at angryox.com http://www.angryox.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------