breitbart.com — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Apple iPhone has enjoyed favorable reviews since its recent debut, but it came in for some rare criticism on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The issue arose at a hearing on whether Congress should grant the cell phone industry's wish and pre-empt states from regulating wireless phone companies. State public utility commissions..
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adageJul 12, 2007
There is NOT always a contract termination fee, especially if you bring your own phone. Even with Cingular (AT&T) a customer was able to sign up with no contract. The downside to doing so would be no Mobile to Mobile because free M2M was a "promotion," but big deal, beats having a contract. No commitment, and no ETF.
axeswingerJul 12, 2007
Thats not entirely true. If you buy a phone at full rate you don't sign a contract. After my first contract I've only bought phones from ebay and I've not been under contract.
nondescryptJul 12, 2007
Great point jcastillo81 !! & i guess if all 3 wireless companies have such contracts then maybe you can just connect 2 glasses via a long string & then you don't have to deal with predatory monopolies. wow, it IS pretty simple, isn't it. you so smart guy !!!! mommy governmnet, what a joke, everyone knows the market will sort it all out, look at Africa 40 years later, the market sorted them out?? right?>?
skratchnerdJul 12, 2007
Yes sir! all you have to do is input all 9's for your SSN when you are activating it [thru iTunes] and you brick the phone. At least you are semi-free from AT&Ts jaws. You still can't use the phone anywhere else if you leave though. Unless we see an unlocked one REALLY soon, I will stick w/ my XV6700 :P
vermifaxJul 13, 2007
THIS, of all things, is upsetting Congress....!?
beatusmongousJul 13, 2007
There are so many more important issues, and we spend all our time on this? It's not even a real issue. I mean, we've known all along that cell phones are made to work with one carrier. A Cingular RAZR must be replaced by a Verizon RAZR if one decides to switch. We all know that. One must pay a fee in order to break a contract with a provider. We know that, too. The article doesn't point out anything we didn't know. What it does do is mislead everyone who reads it and causes us to think poorly about the product, provider and manufacturer. This is called sensationalism, and most of you have fallen into the trap. The story is only a fluff story and carries no weight whatsoever. It just uses words that strike your emotions. We've dealt with things like this for hundreds of years. If you buy a house and your couch doesn't quite fit, get rid of the couch and get a new one. If you move and your gas dryer doesn't work because you now have an electric socket, get rid of it and buy a new one. If you move out of the country and your appliances won't work because of the new electrical connections and voltage, get rid of them and buy new ones. Same goes with this instance. If you change providers and your phone doesn't work, get rid of it and buy a new one. We do it all the time. Why should we suddenly freak out now? Oh, I know! It's because someone wrote an article about it and used some tasty words! Makes me thing of the line, "Don't wanna be an American Idiot!" Great example we are to the rest of the world when we freak out over something as dumb as this.
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