[VoiceOps] SMS apps, providers, and peers

[Carlos Alvarez]

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?