Thread: Maemo, What's the Carrier's Argument?
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2009-09-10 , 07:23
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Originally Posted by MountainX View Post
Sorry, that is just not true. The most recent scientific study I read was so poorly done that its conclusions could not be supported. So it takes more than reading "anything scientific". It takes critical reading of a lot of things and it takes a deeper understanding of the big picture.

I know this is off topic, but I could not let that nonsense go unchallenged.
Ah, so scientific is immediately invalid? What about peer review, studies and tests? :P It's off topic, but it's certainly no nonsense to look at something pragmatically. Can you provide me a link to 'the most recent scientific study' that you're talking about?

Originally Posted by tso View Post
this whole thread reminds me of the story when some people tried to explain packet switching to the "whitebeards" of ma bell...
You know... it's funny that you say that, but I remember actually being in the room with a coworker who was on the phone with Southern Bell techs to explain to them how to set their packet switching systems from analog to digital to support frame relays. :P heheh Even in the 90's, that was STILL going on. Mind you, the techs were eager to learn.. but they had just no knowledge of data and packet switching even then.

Originally Posted by matthewcc View Post
Quick question based on a comment under "Networks may reject..." Has anyone ever received a discounted rate plan for NOT buying a subsidized phone?
Not I. Last time I had a contract was from 2004-2006 and haven't had a contract for my service since... and I STILL don't get any discounted rate despite using the same phone I'd bought in 2004. (HEY.. it works and it seems to take a lot of abuse, what can I say?)