grydlok
join:2004-01-06
Richmond, VA | What's to stop
What's to stop makers for still releasing headsets for one or two companies anyway.
You can't force Samsung, or LG to say sell high end device to MetroPCs or Criket. |
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MSauk
MSauk
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join:2002-01-17
Sandy, UT | what happened to a free market |
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| said by MSauk  :what happened to a free market "Industry standard pricing." Basically whatever one carrier is charging the rest will follow. Like a bunch of dumb sheep...hmmm |
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SLD
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join:2002-04-17 | reply to MSauk
It disappeared along with true competion as the rise of the great duopolies/monopolies was fueled by neocons. |
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jaminus
join:2004-10-14
Arlington, VA
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Industry standard pricing is called a market price. Just milk usually costs roughly the same, so too there are certain prevailing prices when it comes to the mobile market.
The fact is that every major carrier offers an array of phones--some are exclusive, many aren't--at prices ranging from $0 to $600. Hundreds of unlocked phones can be bought standalone on the Internet and used with any GSM mobile network. Wireless plan pricing is intensely competitive - when Sprint unveiled its $99 unlimited plan, other carriers quickly matched its price. Every major carrier offers both long-term and month-to-month pricing. |
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Alpine
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join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA
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said by MSauk :what happened to a free market That's the definition of free market. The manufacturers can sell to whomever they wish in an attempt to profit the most.
Being forced by some big-government decree to make handsets for every type of network and every carrier is the polar opposite of a free market... |
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jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04
USA
| reply to k1ll3rdr4g0n
said by k1ll3rdr4g0n :said by MSauk :what happened to a free market "Industry standard pricing." Basically whatever one carrier is charging the rest will follow. Like a bunch of dumb sheep...hmmm Which sounds like an oligopoly & anti-competitive to me... BIG, BIG, problem that the gov't is supposed to address. |
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