I honestly hope so. Not because I refuse to believe the 21st century exists or because - well, not entirely because they extend the NSA's reach so much, but just because they sound so earthshatteringly bad.
The phone network isn't supposed to sound like that. Compare AMR, EVRC-B, and mu-law side by side sometime.
That being said, the PC has a level of flexibility that mobile devices really can't touch. If the PC really is dying, then I think it's a failure or a lack of interest from consumers to take full advantage of their capabilities.
AT&T is fixing to do a similar deal too from the looks of it. I have to say, I see some very, very bitter irony in them doing this while publicly shaming Comcast over their paid peering arrangement.
The phone network isn't supposed to sound like that. Compare AMR, EVRC-B, and mu-law side by side sometime.
That being said, the PC has a level of flexibility that mobile devices really can't touch. If the PC really is dying, then I think it's a failure or a lack of interest from consumers to take full advantage of their capabilities.