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- Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that "Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer" perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the...
- It's clear that you need to brush up on the facts before commenting. No, Level3 is not an ILEC. Qwest is, of course. And, no, Internet access is not at all like POTS. We are, most emphatically,...
- I totally agree with you that we all need to put down our pens (or rather our keyboards for this matter), and understand that we are doing great harm to those journalists, institutions, or other...
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- Yes, I will agree that you are not "getting me." First of all, I do not buy unbundled network elements (UNEs), nor am I a CLEC. I am a wireless ISP -- a true last mile provider and an...
1 year ago
Cell phone contracts exist for a reason. Most people like cheap, high-tech cell phones, and once they find a good carrier they stick with them. Some people would love to change carriers or phones often, and with pay-as-you-go plans they can, if they're willing to pay the price.
Consumers seem to have a utopian vision, where cell phones remain affordable but contracts go away. Then people can switch whenever they want, and their carrier is stuck with a used cellphone of diminished value. If Arizona forces this upon companies, I doubt cell phone companies will see much incentive to invest finite resources in improving service in Arizona when other states have far better opportunities for success.
With regard to the term "liberal", I remain on the fence as to whether using the term in its modern derogatory sense to refer to statists is desirable. I am a proud liberal--a classical one. Would that libertarians could reclaim the term liberal, restoring it to its original meaning, and find a new term to attack big-government statists that is not merely a rebadged term.