
Dec. 8, 2009
11:20 a.m.
On 12/7/09 7:07 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:
SMS is widely used and nearly universal, but like anything else founded on the sort of inherent tension I just described, its days are numbered. I would encourage forward-thinking voice companies to help assist in its demise rather than spin their wheels and perpetuate it. You'll be that much the poorer.
Sounds great, and is very logical. I said the same thing about fax ten years ago. Today we (the entire telecom community) are wasting huge amounts of time/money/resources in order to support this dead technology. What makes you think SMS will be any different?