FCC Sets New Roaming Rules
And RCC
What do you mean Dobson's already a goner. I don't think them being aquired by AT&T is because of a roaming issue.
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sangyup81 said:
Dobson is already a goner.
and randall or stan need to negotiate the buy out of alltel's gsm network...
Revolution or Bust
This decision has the potential to be huge but it remains to be seen whether or not carriers actually want to pay "reasonable" roaming fees to increase coverage for their customers. I'm sure they have done their research and understand their markets. What I'm saying is that, in my area, Sprint sucks but Cell South's coverage is great - both are CDMA carriers. Does Sprint want to pay "reasonable" roaming rates for customers in this area or have they already talked to Cell South and decided that they don't? The FCC's decision could have no impact on the market at all - or it could be huge.
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So what is really new here.. Carriers already have negotiated rates with roaming partners.
Unless they are actually ready to say what that rate is, is doesn't mean anything. To bad the FCC is to afraid of offending anyone to pass any real rules with teeth.
Don't get me wrong, a free market should determine the pricing structure without interference from government. But just another example of them doing something half assed.
Unless they are actually ready to say what that rate is, is doesn't mean anything. To bad the FCC is to afraid of offending anyone to pass any real rules with teeth.
Don't get me wrong, a free market should determine the pricing structure without interference from government. But just another example of them doing something half assed.
actually, roaming was negotiatied only if they wanted too. this makes it mandatory that carriers have to allow roaming. sweet for my area with US Cell and VZW now have to play nice with each other.
just wonder how that's going to work with CDMA and...
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just wonder how that's going to work with CDMA and...
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So what is really new here.. Carriers already have negotiated rates with roaming partners.
Unless they are actually ready to say what that rate is, is doesn't mean anything. To bad the FCC is to afraid of offendin
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Right, however, the way most carriers have setup their national networks is through the extensive use of Preferred roam lists (PRL) or similar. The PRL controls your phone's signal strength and roaming indicator. If you are in an area where your carri...
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Reasonable is going to be what the market decides. There are some carriers which do not market but exist on roaming revenues. They charge a premium for the national carriers customers to use their networks. The customer never sees it because the carri...
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does anyone else
think that this ruling came about in part because some bigwig at the FCC got slapped with a monster roaming bill on their kids' cell bill?
A watered down version on the EU Roaming Charge Reform
This essentially mimics what the EU did in April with capping roaming charges, except that in true Capitalist fashion, the FCC lets the market decide what is fair and reasonable.
http://www.betanews.com/article/EU_Passes_Roaming_Le ... »
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