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More Canadian Wireless Carrier Greed

July 8, 2008

Apparently trying to steal the thunder of customer ire from Rogers Wireless’ ill-considered iPhone launch, Bell and Telus are trying to slip out the back door with an announcement that they’re going to be charging users extra for text messaging. To be specific, that charge is $0.15 for each incoming message you receive, whether you [...]

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There’s no real innovation in telecom

October 25, 2007

Telecom has, generally speaking, become a zero-sum game. In fact it probably always was, despite numerous attempts by governments at deregulation. The fact of the matter is that even today, full-duplex voice conversations between two parties is almost entirely controlled by a cabal of international telecom companies, both wireless and wireline, who manipulate [...]

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Move Over, iPhone

May 30, 2007

If, in a few weeks, it turns out that Apple’s iPhone is going to become another delicate rosebud in the AT&T Wireless walled garden, there are a number of candidates waiting in the wings for those of us who’ve seen this as the bazaar’s big chance to topple the cathedral. One of the more [...]

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VoIP Taking Off in Africa…

July 6, 2003

The New York Times: Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa By G. PASCAL ZACHARY
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/05/business/worldbusiness/ 05VOIC.html?pagewanted=all
CCRA, Ghana, July 3 — The Internet bubble has long since popped in the United States, Europe and Asia. But in parts of Africa the Internet is serving as a powerful force for change, primarily by allowing companies [...]

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Wireless Carriers Fighting LNP

April 16, 2003

A running theme on FOIB: Wireless Carriers are arrogant, stupid thieves who are squandering unprecedented opportunity to deliver services people want to use which are deeply influential to society, and to reap the financial rewards therein.
Instead, they’re hedgehogs, rolling up into a spiky ball every time anyone “threatens” the crutches they use to [...]

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Cellular Telephony A Victim Of Its Own Success..

November 22, 2002

Worth it for the chart (sorry about the attachment)..
-Ian.
—— http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/technology/18CELL.html
November 18, 2002 Success of Cellphone Industry Hurts Service By SIMON ROMERO
Americans’ use of cellphones has increased so quickly that wireless networks are becoming overloaded, causing a growing number of customers to complain about calls that are inaudible or are [...]

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Paying More for Local Wireless Calls..

October 26, 2002

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/10/23/calling.phones.ap/index.html Calling cell phones could cost more Wednesday, October 23, 2002 Posted: 9:15 AM EDT (1315 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) –Here’s another reason to check your telephone bill closely.
A subtle realignment this fall in the nation’s inscrutable tangle of phone systems could cause a surprising increase in what some consumers pay to call cell [...]

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Sprint Does a Turn-Around..

April 16, 2002

———- http://biz.yahoo.com/smart/020416/20020416one-wond.html
SmartMoney.com – One-Day Wonder Ring-a-Ding-Ding! By Lawrence Carrel
Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS – news) Share price as of Monday’s close: $10.02 Share price now: $12.60 Change: 25.8%
THE JURY REMAINS out on whether the telecom debacle is over, but if the first-quarter results of Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS – news) are any indication, the momentum [...]

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FW: I Am The Broadband Bermuda Triangle

December 9, 2001

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/06/broadband_bermuda/index.html?x
I am the broadband Bermuda Triangle Internet service providers beware: I have powers to invoke bankruptcy beyond the ken of mortal man.
– – – – – – – – – – – – By Mike Masnick
Dec. 6, 2001 | I am the broadband Bermuda Triangle. Offer me a broadband connection, and your [...]

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Suck sez WAP Sucks

January 31, 2001

Yet another publication chimes in with a strong Anti-WAP message: WAP sucks.
Of course, the fact that WAP sucks is old news on FOIB, but this article is really funny.
At the root of the problem are the Wireless Service Providers, now shifting like sand dunes to avoid their PR problems. Combining the instability [...]

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