10 Things We Hate About Wireless Carriers
 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/17062..._carriers.html

This guy brings up 10 great things that need to be fixed.

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I'm surprised he stopped at 10. I think we can go on for at least another 40.

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42 is usually the right amount.

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I like the ten list; it reminds me of the charges against the King in the Declaration of Independence, except no remedy is proposed.

It's amazing that American capitalism is so effective in making things cheaper in many ways, but not for this one.

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simple, the frequencies are monopoly bound...

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I swear to god I am going to email every MP in Canada with this article...it applies so well to our situation too.

Sometimes I feel like Rogers is robbing me to make a profit and keep good devices from coming to Canada quickly. It's like living in the dark ages almost!!!

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I was about to write that American wireless providers look like saints compared to the Canadian "gang of three". Canadians on average pay 60% more than Americans.

North America needs more competition, by companies willing to charge European prices and bear the wrath of the Big Guys.

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We need to make some sort of deal... You might want our service prices, but we want your hardware prices :D

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The biggest problem is bound up in the one thing he mentions in the article, and that's the fact that the cellular companies take all that insane cash they make and feed it through lobbyists who in turn use our hard earned money to make congress walk all over us.

Oddly though, one of my forum members just posted an article telling how the FCC chief is going to finally go after the cellular providers. And I applaud him for doing it. While it took him a while, he's had a lot on his plate, trying to sort out the mess the last FCC chief left him. Plus I'm pretty sure he'll succeed, since the man is very smart and has a set of cast iron balls. :)

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Fair enough. I've bought an MP3 player for a German before; the same device was 50% more in Germany for some reason... :confused: