Comments on: AT&T turns cell phones into TV remotes

Homezone customers can now view TV listings and schedule or delete recordings on their DVRs via wireless handsets.

[whizz]

And they charge for this service?

Someone should explain the SlingBox to AT&T. Anyone who wants to do this should just by a SlingBox and use it to control his/her DVR (i.e. TiVO) using the SlingBox mobile client.

Works like a charm and you don't have to pay a service fee to anyone.

One day the cell service providers are going to work out that they are in the business of providing and charging for bandwidth. Getting a fee for how a customer uses that bandwidth is thinking that will die over time. Content should not be the business of a teleco ... just my 2 cents ...

[hybris06]

Not any time soon

In an ideal world, no company would over charge us. iTunes charges $10-15 for a low quality movie!! I can buy the high quality dvd for that much.

The telephone companies offer these services because competition has made "owning the pipes" less and less profitable. Personally, I would like to see the telephone companies lower their access rates and supplement the income by these services. I do not use any of these services (I use a windows mobile 5 phone) so I would love to have a lower voice/data bill. Obviously their is a market for these subscription services.