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Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.They own the phones now they are building the cellular networks. |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium Member join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK Netgear WNDR3700v2 Zoom 5341J
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KrK
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2010-Jul-20 5:48 pm
This could also be a game changer, if LTE is available coast to coast then finally the open handset market could start to kick in. (As in buy any phone you like and you can use 4G anywhere you like.) Problem is, of course, if they will be a decent carrier or not. |
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Sat/internetIs it going to suck like sat/internet does now. |
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Re: Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.If they can get the subscribers and their tech is up to par for reasonable prices... they can be a game changer. Hell Cricket Wireless was a very small operation and they have grown to actually be a credible threat to mobile carriers. |
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I'm not sure I've ever seen a story so incorrectly reportedEvery major news outlet is running stories on this, and aside from a handful of tech sites, everyone has it completely wrong. Some (my local TV news) are saying they are building a replacement for the Satellite TV broadband network, to compete with DirecWay! |
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i wanna know why they're going to use Sat HSD?
Nobody will know until this is completely done or they're offering service. |
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caco Premium Member join:2005-03-10 Whittier, AK |
caco
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2010-Jul-20 6:31 pm
I guess we can't get to 100% coverageI guess the new it phrase is 90 + percentage of population. So basically they are over lapping the same folks that get service from the big four. Anyone think the price is gonna be any cheaper?
I guess it will be great if you live in a major population center. |
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nonymous (banned) join:2003-09-08 Glendale, AZ |
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2010-Jul-20 6:59 pm
Maybe the price will not be cheaper but CAPS may be higherWe can only hope. If they are going for more data than phone calls as a market maybe design a more usable data product? |
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DMS1 join:2005-04-06 Plano, TX |
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Re: Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.said by brianiscool:They own the phones now they are building the cellular networks. Nokia and Nokia-Siemens Networks (NSN) are not the same company. |
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They have been making the network gear for quite some time. |
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vpoko Premium Member join:2003-07-03 Boston, MA 1 edit |
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2010-Jul-20 9:06 pm
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Re: I guess we can't get to 100% coveragesaid by caco:I guess the new it phrase is 90 + percentage of population. So basically they are over lapping the same folks that get service from the big four. Anyone think the price is gonna be any cheaper? I guess it will be great if you live in a major population center. And that's the way it goes, trying to cover some really out of the way areas where a tower will only server a few subscribers doesn't seem feasable with current technology and costs. |
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Re: Nokia - Eating up the cell phone market.We may find ourselves not liking the price of that phone. We all hate the contracts that come with the big four but that also comes with phone subsidies and better phones at better prices. Choices! |
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium Member join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK |
KrK
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2010-Jul-21 4:11 pm
True, but...
Better to have the choice(s) and not want some of them then to want the choices and not have them! |
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