Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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If AT&T paid for the privilege of exclusivity, I don't see a problem with it. In this case however, even AT&T resellers aren't allowed to sell the iPhone, only AT&T. My local ILEC resells AT&T service, even has wireless stores like the AT&T stores so they've got a large investment in this, and they aren't allowed to sell the iPhone. |
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Ron Paul
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join:2008-01-11
Seattle, WA
| said by Matt  :If AT&T paid for the privilege of exclusivity, I don't see a problem with it. In this case however, even AT&T resellers aren't allowed to sell the iPhone, only AT&T. My local ILEC resells AT&T service, even has wireless stores like the AT&T stores so they've got a large investment in this, and they aren't allowed to sell the iPhone. I agree. AT&T deserves a reward for taking a risk, albeit a calculated and small one. The exclusivity could've easily been an unprofitable endeavor had the product not succeeded.
No Virginia, you are not entitled to an iPhone. This attitude is exactly what's wrong with this country and part of how we came to be in the precarious position in which we now find ourselves.
I'd like a government that focused on important issues instead of whether or not an iPhone is a right. I don't think I'm alone in this.
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ashworth
join:2001-10-06
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to Matt
AT&T pays Apple good money, like $400 or more for each iphone activation, sounds more like a business deal than stifling competition. VZ Wireless is supposed to have iphone soon too, so who really cares ?? |
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Ron Paul
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join:2008-01-11
Seattle, WA
| said by ashworth :so who really cares ?? Godless heathens. Seriously.  |
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