Thread: NEWS: 'World-mode' iPhone due next year, says fanboi rumor

Pegleg wrote: Quote: Scott in SoCal wrote: Last time on alt.cellular.attws, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> said: In any case, all that's happened is that some congresspeople asked Verizon to explain the justification for the higher termination fee, which no doubt they'll be able to do. Not in a way that actually makes sense. Huh? Since when does ANYTHING have to make sense to congress? Brian Whenever they get...

"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in news:8uSdnV_Y_ojFNoLWnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d@giganews.com: Quote: A great number of people seem to think the service is worth what it costs them! So, that rationalizes Americans paying double or triple what the rest of the world pays, right?

"Dennis Ferguson" <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:slrnhhuk59.4h.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com... Quote: On 2009-12-08, Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote: "Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message news:Xns9CDB73055AB11noonehomecom@74.209.131.13... SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:4b1df7a1$0$1610...

Todd Allcock wrote: Quote: In both our cases, it's actually pretty sad that we get better value from old grandfathered plans than currently available ones. Until recently, the value/price trend in wireless was that pricing got better over time, and today's plans were, historically, cheaper than those of the past. While that's still true for high-volume users, (look at the wealth of unlimited plans available today, for example)...

In article <2o8di51egcbmt7ue0grarouvp991f5miif@4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: Quote: By RANDALL STROSS Published: December 12, 2009 ... When I set about looking for independent data, however, to confirm the superior performance of Verizon’s network, I was astonished to discover that I had managed to get things exactly wrong. Despite the well-publicized problems in New York and San...

On 12/1/09 12:22 PM, in article 011220091322446617%nospam@nospam.invalid, "nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: Quote: In article <hf3fv5$kd1$1@posting2.glorb.com>, WindsorFox windsor.fox.usenet@gmail.com > wrote: Someone said it's impossible to get malware on an iPhone, my question was are you willing to bet everything you have on that belief? nothing is impossible so your question...

In article <hfpnl5$k0$1@news.eternal-september.org>, brian.pegleg.jones@gmail.com says... Quote: No. Sprint divested their wireline business a couple years ago. It became Embarq: www.embarq.com And Embarq is now Century Link! http://www.centurylink.com/ Ahhh. They merged with CenturyTel, which primarily serves rural areas. Wonder when that happened... I'm off my game... didn't see it coming. (Used to work for an ISP......

Last time on alt.cellular.attws, Paul Miner <pminer@elrancho.invalid> said: Quote: On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:39:45 -0800, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net wrote: In article <Xns9CDB77731EB11noonehomecom@74.209.131.13>, noone@home.com says... Americans don't actually speak any language, well. Nonsense. I speak perfect American! (Note: I did say American, not English.) I think you mean you speak American...

Dennis Ferguson wrote: Quote: On 2009-12-08, Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote: "Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message news:Xns9CDB73055AB11noonehomecom@74.209.131.13... SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:4b1df7a1$0$1610 $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: LOL, you're assuming that nothing AT&T does costs them any money, from paying the rent, staff,...

Todd Allcock wrote: Quote: keeping as much money as you think they are. However, AT&T and VZW certainly have an incentive to keep margins higher than Sprint or T-Mo do, since they both have less profitable wireline divisions to "subsidize." Hm, T-Mobile has to "subsidize" wireline and wireless divisions in other countries (not yet, but look at the investions and the takeover costs some years ago!...