Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 (
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Most people don’t realize that in many cases, the only thing that prevents you from keeping your phone when switching to another carrier is corporate greed and a bit of non-obvious industry collusion. Everyone seems refuses to take customers unless they sign a new contract and buy a new phone.
The FCC chairman is proposing a
new rule that would, in effect, do away with this sad state of affairs. Granted, that’s only for the new 700Mhz band that will be opening up once TV is forced to go digital, but any company that wins the rights to that band will have to follow the new rules.
Now, what are the odds that all those big, bad cell companies will allow that kind of rule to go through? And isn’t it pathetic that a company can even control what the head of the FCC does?
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