User: lollipop
These are the most recent forum messages posted by lollipop:
Re: Apple is feeling threatened
Well for starters the whole apple ripped this person off shows the real fanboy is you. You have a vendetta against apple and it is easy to see... But hey it has always been pc cool to hate apple.
I don't care about who ripped off who in the past. We are talking about samsung making their products to look like apple's. So your defense is "hey in the past apple and microsoft stole ideas!" ...
Re: Apple is feeling threatened
Open source can be made to liscense however if a product is not made to liscense or copy/patent/trademark the procure can be freely redistributed. This for example is why the tire can be made by any company with only patents on tread design special designs.
Re: Apple is feeling threatened
You should actually learn copyright, trademark, and patent laws. Anything that has been filed under those three must be defended otherwise the process is invalidated.
Again I doubt you own either as I do WORK for Verizon and test both and make training classes for RTT. For the average customer the statement that a device "is too locked down" is the stupidest statement ever because the average consumer who buys a device DOESN'T ...
Re: Apple is feeling threatened
They don't feel threatened. They own the Tablet world and i highly doubt you even own an iPad or any apple product.
Sorry but Samsung makes cheap iPhone like Android devices. Everyone in the industry was waiting for Apple to sue Samsung because it is just so blatant on how Touch Wiz for android is a rip of iOS's interface. Stock android is very linuxy and even HTC has its own feel.. Samsung's ...
Re: Google asks for permission
Do you use google maps?
Re: In That Case...
Vodafone would never sell their 45% ownershipe of Verizon Wireless to buy a non-profitable carrier they would have to sink money into and rename. VzW is free money for Vodafone who has been trying to buy out VzW for years.
The only company that would be bought out by vodafone if it was to be open for acquisition is At&t who they attempted to buy out back when it was Cingular.
Re: Verizon
T-mobile wasn't opposition. The fact that they are getting sold because the company didn't turn a profit and was living off of DT subsidizing them proves otherwise.
T-mobile was a dying company and that is a fact. The fact that DT previous to the merger told them to make a profit or all funds are cut speaks volumes to where t-mo was.
Re: Verizon
You do realize that most carriers use roaming aggreements right? Verizon used much of Alltel's network to provide services in rural areas. Here is the thing T-mobile at the time of the Alltel-Verizon purchase was a national carrier with a smalling coverage map then Alltel...
A national carrier does not have to cover every market in the us. I suggest you read what a regional carrier and a national carrier is.
Re: Verizon
And? Uverse isn't in many of the areas that Fios is.. Uverse is also a hybrid network because they use much of the copper infrastucture.
And still it doesn't matter as they are listed offering the same services as cable and satalite.
Re: Verizon
Alltel was a National carrier. to claim otherwise is vastly ignorant of the facts. As for your claims with are widely off base here is Alltel's coverage map and here is how much they covered with their North American Freedom plan.
www.cellularmaps.com/at/at_ww.shtml
That is a national carrier.. congrats on being an idiot.
No it doesn't matter what technology the carrier is using because here in the USA carriers are allowed to go with any technology they ...
Re: Verizon
Alltel was a National carrier... their network was BIGGER then verizon's.
Also in the US it doesn't matter if the carrier is GSM or CDMA. The technology they use to give you a wireless signal doesn't matter.
If you want to make that argument then we must consider FiOS a monopoly because they are the only ISP using fiber.
Re: Well--
It is not hard making a Profit off of phone service. Verizon and Att are profitable because their service.
Carriers make no money selling PHONES. This is why the carriers force contracts the way they do. With every customer whom gets a device at contract price the carrier will got in debt for 3 to 6 months depending on device. After the device is paid off the profit from the service plan is enormus. ...
Re: This makes me glad I am with T-Mobile....
Verizon Wireless used to make you pay a monthly fee to enable bluetooth on your device. But all of these measures were defeated by class action lawsuits.
Re: AT&T needs to learn the functions of Android b4 they claim users are doing somethin wrong
They should not be allowed to do this at all. Verizon once charged a monthly fee for a customer to use a the bluetooth feature of their phone. If a customer gets a data plan for their device then they should be allowed to use the data on that device how they see fit.
Again this is like paying an ISP an extra fee for using the Wifi feature on your router.
Re: This makes me glad I am with T-Mobile....
I find it to be utterly rediculous to have to pay for what my device can do. This isl ike having an ISP and having to pay extra to use the Wifi feature of the router you own.
Re: Here you go sir...
Easy the reason it hasn't happened prior to NN rules is due to the Wireless internet market wasn't taken seriously.
Verizon used to view $30 data plans for consumers as non-sense. It wasn't until they saw just how successful and profitable the iPhone was on AT&T that they changed their minds.
Now you say that these people are exaggerating.. Hello, Verizon was once charging a MONTHLY FEE to enable your ...
Re: NOW....
The government did not side with you. One branch out of 3 does not mean the government is on your side.
Now even if the whole government sided with you that wouldn't make you right. The goverment was on the side of segregation.
Re: The beauty of Capitalism:
There is no such thing as voting with your wallet you idiot. If your carrier makes a plan you dislike and you leave you have not even touched their bottom line.
The vote with your wallet approach only effects small business. A large multinational company with 90+ million customers could give a damn if they lose 900k. The annual churn for verizon is around 1%. That means every year they lose 900k out of ...
Re: The beauty of Capitalism:
Really, who? Here is the issue when has the carriers actually competed on price? At&t and Vz are them same on their prices. Infact, their price plans are the same. Only T-mo and Sprint are competing on price and they are both facing backlashes. Sprint isn't profitable and their is constant rumors that they are in dire straights.
T-mo hasn't been profitable at all and Duetch telekom has stated if they don't ...
Re: Of course they did
Lol Libertarians. They want limited government where industry has more rights then the people.
If Government cannot regulate Corporations then what stops a corporation from denying you your rights as a worker?
Libertarian society would never work because any outside institution coming in with more money and a better product would have destroyed our industries. Hell, GM would have died back in the 80s and so would the rest of the big three.
Re: No, you're thinking of it only one way
Btw Netflix was only an example.
Re: No, you're thinking of it only one way
Actually FiOS had to go through ZERO red tape. The reason for the mandated service areas of ISPs is due the laws on providing copper wiring... When an ISP comes into an area they are allowed to place down their copper as they have to purchase the rights to operate in that area. ISPs operate exactly like Energy Utilites.
FiOS actually avoided ALL red tape by the fact that their technology did not mandate laying ...
Re: even if we disagree on where the regulation comes from
Well, if the government wanted to control they would have done it. Everything the Carriers and ISPs use are either liscenced from the goverment or purchased.
Also ISPs and Carriers do not own the internet. By all rights they have zero rights to make anyone pay for access to networks they do not operate. It can honestly be argued that the internet itself is a form digital commons where we have allowed coporations to provide ...
Re: even if we disagree on where the regulation comes from
Well here is the issue. When you allow tiered access to data then it means you will submit when they start carving more and more into those plans.
The idea of choice does not make it better. Hell do you even realize how much data even costs a carrier? Verizon calls data plans "free money" which means its a product with no cost. Same as text messaging.. You pay 20.00 for unlimited text messaging ...
Re: even if we disagree on where the regulation comes from
If the government is so stupid then you should stop relying on its services. You know you can always have Nestle provide you water.. It will cost you about 800 times more but if the Government is so horrible then you should gladly vote with your dollar and allow a more "efficient" for profit corporation provide for your needs.
Re: No, you're thinking of it only one way
Dang it replace "White" with Why.
Re: No, you're thinking of it only one way
Is that white Municipal water is actually cleaner then bottled water?
I am sorry but the statement that corporations run efficient is absolute BS. There is a state run ISP that runs a faster, cheaper, and more efficient internet service then the cable provider in its borders. What net neutrality is is a path to forcing the Broadband carriers and ISPs to keep up with demand and upgrade their networks instead of ...
Re: Service is out!
I blame the Gnomish Revolutionaries selling themselves out to corporations in there hopes to aquire enough cash to invade Narnia!
Re: Service is out!
it's all a conspiracy by lawn gnomes trying to besmirch the impeccable reputation of Verizon.
Verizon knows no one will believe them that At&t hired out the race of Lawn Gnomes to assault Big red network. Get ready for your tin foil hat guys because Verizon is DOWN!
Service is out!
That is it! Time to switch to a more reliable network!
Re: Sorry, Verizon.
If cost is such a concern then all wireless carriers should do is drop subsidized Cellphones. If the subsidy on cellphones was dropped it would one drop a huge cost off of the carriers back and two lead to more competition amonst manufactures. True less people will get wireless service but that will be offset by the incredible loss the carriers recieve for the first 6 months of a 2 year contract.
The subsidy is the ...
Re: You just don't get it
Um... when an ISP doesn't use government money to make there network then they can argue for the 5th amendment which i find funny. You talk how you are pro-constitution but you are arguing that a non-living construction is a HUMAN BEING!
Also they are under the utilities act... Look up copper wires and look up the laws on how and where you can place copper wires. The only reason you can get DSL or FiOS ...
Re: You just don't get it
um.. you should look at what the internet is.... because you have zero clue what you are talking about.
The internet is not owned by anyone. Infact, if anyone owns the internet it would be the massive server farms owned by companies like Amazon. Comcast, Verizon, Att, Time warner, and whatever other ISP under the sun do not have any control or ownership factor in the internet. They are merely ...
Does anyone here realize....
Anyone realize that every cable network and every ISP that has built there respective networks have done so through Government subsidy?
I hear a lot of people talk about Constitutional this and that. These ISPs and cable operators build there networks with the help of tax payer money. Verizon stopped building out there FiOS network not because they are low on cash but because they are waiting on the next round of government subsidies for ISP's ...
