Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention | Epicenter | Wired.com
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Tuesday 15 Jun 2010, 05:51
Filed under: Electronics and Computers
Filed under: Electronics and Computers
Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention | Epicenter | Wired.com.
If the people who brought us television had played by the same rules that today’s wireless carriers impose — we’d probably all be listening to the radio.
Which is a nice way of saying the wireless industry — AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile — needs some ground rules that make clear they are common carriers that get the right to rent the airwaves by abiding by fair rules.
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You don’t support net neutrality do you? That will destroy further advancements.
Comment by Joshua Woods Tuesday 15 Jun 2010 @ 07:52Let me give you an example of living in South Korea. You can get a cell either free, or next to nothing from people who have upgraded, or more commonly transferred out to another duty station in the world. Now to activate that cell phone, I just went to any cell shop, paid a little fee, and got minutes to boot. I didn’t have to find a particular store or anything. Now, to put minutes on the card, I just went to any cell store, and was done. I wish for the same thing in the US.
Comment by capdiamont Wednesday 16 Jun 2010 @ 08:33I agree it does sound convenient but if every piece of data were allowed equal privileges on every network, no one would invest time and money into creating a faster network or new cell towers because there would be no personal gain.
Comment by Joshua Woods Wednesday 16 Jun 2010 @ 07:41