Secondly, there’s nothing to stop people getting a 3G dataplan or wifi enabled phone – and given your advocacy, I’m sure your ward could take the lead in setting up more hotspots or phone masts – and there’s nothing to stop you still doing a SMS service at the conference, it’s just going to cost you money, but you can’t moan about Twitter stopping something for financial reasons and then not do it yourself for the same reason, especially when Lib Dem finances are probably in a better state than Twitter’s.