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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 doesnt sound like much but when millions are sold at $.99 vs $.00, it adds it big time Do you understand how many 3GS devices would have to be sold at $.99 before it was a significant amount of income for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna Prime example. Apple has a monopoly in the tablet market. Hands down, indisputable. Maybe indisputable to someone that doesn't understand the meaning of "monopoly" FYI... being the best and garnering …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell You don't understand what the FCC does. The FCC oversees Broadband, Competition, Spectrum, Media, Public Safety and Security, and Modernization. AT&T absorbing the fourth largest mobile carrier in th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TBell You don't seem to understand how things work. The public owns the airwaves, not any company. The government licenses the right to use those airwaves to the private companies. Consequently, the government is suppo…
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Yet another chance for the FCC to try to control things outside of the written law.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Profits. Not consumers, not choice, not monopolization. Profits. There's another company from which I'll never buy. You'll never buy from a company where profit is their primary objective? What…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KT Walrus I hope they ask AT&T how charging extra for tethering is a valid charge. The software to enable tethering was not written by AT&T and runs on the customer's device. When a laptop uses the Personal H…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shadash I mean, never mind that those patriots Reagan and Bush Deux are the two presidents that got the US into the massive amount of debt they are in. I mean come on. We had to finance massive tax cuts for the rich …
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Quote: Originally Posted by airmanchairman I don't recall AT&T doing anything other than buying Unix System 5 Revision 4 (SVR4) which they promptly resold. And by the way, what you call AT&T is simply one of the "Baby Bells", the regio…
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We should probably make an important distinction to clear up this "anecdote" argument. There is nothing wrong with anecdotes when used simply as anecdotes. Duh The problem (and a quite frequent one on the internet) is when people use "anecdo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Verizon currently offers similar voice and text plans to AT&T's, but also offers an unlimited data plan as well as WiFi tethering. Neither of those are available on AT&T, which only offers Blueto…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism AT&T only did that last year. It was the first sign that AT&T was going to lose their exclusivity with a year as the move locked people into new 2 year contracts, and with higher ETFs. They took a sma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sprockkets Dude, shut up already about anedoctal. You sound like a smart ass about it, and all the stupid details you are bringing up to prove your point is unnecessary; we've heard this bullshit all the time from peop…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sprockkets Not when the experiment is repeated several times and the conclusion isn't sweeping. Quote: Originally Posted by sranger It ceases to be anecdotal when enough test produce the same results... Repeatab…
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Sorry, I forgot one thing... Lawyered.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger I would not consider a side by side comparison in hundreds of locations to be anecdotal. It is just a fact. I travel all over north Georgia as part of my job. I actually use both devices all of the time at t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger I have an iPad 3G (AT&T) and a Droid (Verizon 3G) so I know very well what I am talking about. If you are withing a ten mile radius of Atlanta, AT&T is faster. Go out more than 10 miles in most direct…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kishan Agreed. AT&T has been very serviceable for me in Houston. But I occasionally do envy the 4G speed on my Brother-in-law's EVO. What "4G" speeds are those? I believe Sprint says users should expect to se…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger 20-60% faster if you are sitting under a tower.... The speed drops off really fast with AT&T.... Again, anecdotal, not hard evidence. I live about 40-45 minutes outside of Minneapolis, in a "city" wi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RainyDayInterns Well, even if it is true (and there is no evidence that it is remotely true) that Verizon's network is THEORETICALLY slower than AT&T's, we contend that life in the "slow" lanes of Verizon would be …