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In the frenetic future envisioned forty years ago by Ballard, nobody paid for phone service. That's because it was already paid for - by advertisers.
Some readers may recall the attempt to provide free computers and internet service, in exchange for a advertisements that were constantly shown on the screen.
In 2006, Virgin Mobile USA customers were able to earn up to seventy-five minutes of free airtime in exchange for reading text message ads on their phones. (See Would you watch ads just to talk for free? for details.) Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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