Micro-Billing, Byte by Byte, Suits the World of Cell Phones
New York Times, April 6, 2009
By Matt Richtel and Bob Tedeschi
As the music, film, television, newspaper, book and video-game industries strain to find a way to thrive in the new digital marketplace, one seems to have figured it all out. The phone industry has had a micropayment system for decades, and customers are used to the extra charges. But some question how long the gravy train will last.
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