dnoyeB
Ferrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI
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Re: Wireless Industry Is Correct
said by pnh102  :... The idea that government should mandate that the iPhone would work with Verizon or any carrier other than AT&T is ridiculous. Impose enough regulations and we won't even have a cell phone industry anymore. I agree with you in cases where the resource is not government granted and/or tax payer supported.
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dnoyeB
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. " Ecclesiastes 9:16
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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said by nasadude :if the carriers weren't allowed to have closed systems, or if competition were sufficient to prevent it from happening, nobody would have to "make" the iphone work with Verizon - it would be designed to work with any carrier. In fact, I thought it already was, but it gets locked by ATT so it won't. Well, a kid in NJ already solved this problem, with no need for government intervention.
The idea that government should mandate that the iPhone would work with Verizon or any carrier other than AT&T is ridiculous. Impose enough regulations and we won't even have a cell phone industry anymore.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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said by pnh102 :... Making iPhones work with Verizon is not one of those responsibilities. did I say this?
if the carriers weren't allowed to have closed systems, or if competition were sufficient to prevent it from happening, nobody would have to "make" the iphone work with Verizon - it would be designed to work with any carrier. In fact, I thought it already was, but it gets locked by ATT so it won't. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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said by nasadude :so in your opinion, the government has never done anything good and never will? Did I say this?
I believe that the federal government can do a great job at tackling the responsibilities with which it was tasked in the US Constitution.
Making iPhones work with Verizon is not one of those responsibilities.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | reply to pnh102
so in your opinion, the government has never done anything good and never will? |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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said by nasadude :The problem here isn't "the government", it's those idiots, fools and sycophants that are running it. Government has been competent in the past and will be again (someday), when it is run by competent people. Government has been run like this in the USA since 1789. Keep dreaming if you think it will change.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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said by pnh102 :...I agree here, but who allowed these mergers, in both industries? It was the government. This proves that government is part of the problem here and that more intervention by the government will make things worse. 1. run against big government and get elected
2. appoint idiots, fools and industry sycophants to positions of power in the govt
3. the idiots, fools and sycophants proceed to give industry anything it wants, with disastrous results
Voila! "the government will make things worse"
The problem here isn't "the government", it's those idiots, fools and sycophants that are running it. Government has been competent in the past and will be again (someday), when it is run by competent people. |
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