{"id":2323,"date":"2012-03-13T22:54:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2012-03-13T22:54:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:54:58","slug":"special-data-plans-provide-a-mountain-to-climb-for-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/03\/13\/special-data-plans-provide-a-mountain-to-climb-for-startups","title":{"rendered":"Special data plans provide a mountain to climb for startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via NYT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/05\/technology\/days-are-numbered-for-unlimited-mobile-data-plans.html?_r=2&#038;ref=global\">Days Are Numbered for Unlimited Mobile Data Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In Indonesia, nearly a third of the population is younger than 15 years old. So Telkomsel, the leading mobile operator in the country, offers a data plan called FlexiChatting for customers who want to do just one thing: gain access to and update Twitter and Facebook accounts on their cellphones.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once more of this starts happening, we&#8217;re looking at inspecting packets. Some sites are more free than others. Consumers will love this because they save money and access services that they believe are important to them: Facebook &#038; Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>However this stifles innovation. How will the next Twitter or Facebook start? The startups that are coming to disrupt will be the underdog and will only be available to data rich folk; not the average joe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Special%20data%20plans%20provide%20a%20mountain%20to%20climb%20for%20startups&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F03%2F13%2Fspecial-data-plans-provide-a-mountain-to-climb-for-startups&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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