U.S. MBA’s have no idea how to maximize product potential. I know many people who refuse to move to a smart phone because of the predatory locked-in over-priced plans and outrageous data costs. I’m one of them.

Anyone who tells you the providers need this level of revenue to pay for infrastructure is clueless. Here in S.E. Asia the infrastructure is as good or better in the U.S., the rates are far less, and the providers are flourishing. The only exception to this is when the iphone appeared. It carried an outrageous contract and data rates were ridiculous. Needless to say, you don’t see many iphones around here as a result. Far fewer anyway than if they weren’t so greedy.