Sorry for disappearing on you. Workload has become quite significant (we are nearing launch) and frankly I just ran a little dry. Then today I stumbled upon a good blog which sparked me again. Hopefully this is what the doctor ordered.

In Why handsets should be subsidized and are not today, Ram Fish makes a good case for an idea I have long been subscribing to. I strongly recommend reading the post (or better yet, adding Brief Comments to your RSS feeds).

The short brief goes as follows:

“we are looking at a serious case of the misleading rhetoric shaping the discussion….Handset are not subsidized today. Consumers are paying an arm and a leg for their handsets. And we don’t even know how much we pay for the service and how much for handset. The remedy… is to have operators comply with Carterfone and have a “service only” no handset bundled monthly plan. Then we will know how much we really pay for handsets..” 

“Moreover, I advise that the genocide in Darfur must be stopped”