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Classic bait and switch

island-guy

Apr 21, 2010, 9:23 PM
Corporate greed in its purest form....with all of the technological advances in the electronics industry are we seriously supposed to believe that it's not possible to build a cellular network that can handle the population demands in certain demographics? Why invest in and improve a system that can't succeed? I am just waiting to see what happens when 3G Ipads are released next month. I can just imagine the excuses and scenarios now.
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Menno

Apr 21, 2010, 9:54 PM
do you have any IDEA the potential data a user can consume with even current Gen 3g technology?
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villyVoy

Apr 21, 2010, 11:45 PM
**** at&t cricket going natioanl yeeeeaaah unlimited talk and text for 25.00 bills and 5.00 data...tsss
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island-guy

Apr 22, 2010, 3:44 PM
I certainly hope at the least the service providers have an idea...which I'm sure they did/do.....
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Menno

Apr 22, 2010, 3:47 PM
They do, which is why they are saying unlimited is not sustainable
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SprintCC

Apr 22, 2010, 3:54 PM
When the unlimited data plans were conceived people had RAZRs with a few odd business types using BlackBerry or other PDA phones. Since then we have every 14 year old in America with an iPhone or Android device. The increase in data traffic is simply more than the network can deal with. Instead of raising the rates on everyone, the companies are looking to make those that use more pay more. It is totally reasonable. A person that uses their phone to check email and the weather a couple times a day shouldn't have to pay increased rates because others are watching TV and videos all day.
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