Andrew
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    Age: 25

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    Oak City, OK
    About Me I am the COO for ONEsite. I manage the day to day operations of the development and production teams. I've been here since the early days of ONEsite developing ONEsite's software and strategy. I architected the .ONE platform and am thrilled with how things have progressed and where we stand. Lot's of exciting things are under way!
    Position: COO
    Favorite Projects: Chat in Interactive Media Player; Blog system; Web services architecture; Database driven presentation layer; New Widget architecture; oneSQL architecture
    Favorite Experience: Call me crazy, but I actually enjoy the grind of bringing a large project to completion. I worked an insane amount of hours during some of our earlier projects and loved every minute of it! Well, almost every minute...
    Hobbies: Programming, Reading, Eating Sushi, Bowling, Transcendental Meditation

    Text Message Rates

    Thursday, September 11, 2008, 06:21 AM CST [General]

    My cell phone bill is quite outrageous.  It includes fees for the voice plans itself, for unlimited 3G data and then for unlimited texts.  Until recently I didn't have the unlimited texts option, but I was constantly going over the number of allowed messages on the $5/mo plan from ATT.  It seems as though I am paying more for text messages than I was several years ago...  even though the cellular networks can now transfer many more bits than previously.

    Fortunately, Senator Herb Kohl from Wisconsin feels my pain.  He is starting an inquiry into the rising cost of SMS messages and seeking to determine if the consolidation in the wireless industry is one reason for the increase in costs.  "This conduct is hardly consistent with the vigorous price competition we hope to see in a competitive marketplace," stated the former president of Kohl's department stores.

    I am all for free markets, but the telecommunication industry always deserves closer inspection by the public.

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