 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Re: Full Circle said by fAcEtIOUs:said by hhawkman:Soon, if they have their way, it will be AOL/Prodigy/Compuserve all over again. They don't want to maintain the garden, just make sure we all forced to play in it and pay them for the privledge.
A walled garden isn't new in the wireless arena. MetroPCS is hardly breaking new ground. Verizon has done this with their feature phones for years now with their VCast offering; Navigator; VOD offerings; etc. So the FCC hasn't raised net neutrality issus so far in this regard. All they did recently was continue EXISTING practices for wireless. Yes, but Verizon hasn't blocked access to OTHER services. That's the point here. Sure Verizon charged extra for you to use the services you mentioned, but Google Navigation, or YouTube, worked perfectly fine if you decided not to pay for VCast or Verizon Navigation.
That's the distinction. |
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| You are correct for smartphones, but not feature phones just like MetroPCS's $40 plan. For feature phones Verizon offers what they call Mobile Web. It is a walled garden with access to Verizon selected resources. |
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| TMO has this same thing. You can acess TMO Web. but you want the Internet- you PAY for it. |
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bendover
join:2007-11-23
Glendale Heights, IL | no so. the home page was limited to tmo links but i had free access to anywhere i wanted to go on the phone for 5.99 a month. i was even able to tether my laptop with no limit all for 5.99. that ended when i finally got a smartphone last month. |
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 LQC
@yellowpagesinc.com | reply to Matt
Actually Verizon has often blocked legitimate 3rd party sites and features, even on smartphones. My last phone was a WinMo PPC model, that had the built-in GPS chip scrambled to only be available to Verizon's Nav software, couldn't use Google Maps without hacking the phone to custom roms and updating firmware on the radio chip.
So long as you can't even change what DNS you're accessing on your phone's internet you're always at the risk of being hijacked by your phone company. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to Matt
Ummmm.. what exactly are they blocking on a level of service that doesn't provide "internet access" in the first place?
Just be honest in the argument being made and that people see the lowest advertised price and expect that they'll get everything there.
The example of Verizon you're making here is that you actually paid verizon for an internet access.. this isn't the case in MetroPCS.
Sorry, but this is Karl trying to further propagating BS that fits his agenda. |
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