Sign the petition to appoint her to the FCC. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/appoint-susan-crawford-fcc-chairman/73mtqt0q
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Steve Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> <snip> >> > I am surprised that Verizon does not offer a no-contract plan, but my >> argument is the same: You pay the price in either the phone or the monthly >> fee. There's no free lunch and no real difference in what Europeans pay >> versus what Americans pay (overall) for mobile service. >> > > During the era that the iPhone was not available from TMo, many people > "did the math" and found that buying a phone and using it with TMo's > non-contract plans was a considerable win. They did this even tho TMo > could not provide the same "broadband" and many settled for Edge. They > wanted the sexy iPhone and they loved TMo .. a European (Deutsche > Telecom) based outfit with an extraordinary broad set of tariffs. > > The sticker shock of the new iPhone was generally payed for within 14 > months with a better no-contract fee. > > I do like the devil in the details approach here. I switched to Vzn due > to iPhone lust (and far better coverage in rural NM) and was amazed at the > control Apple had over the distribution of the iPhone. It seems to me to > be a small island of consumer protection that Apple is very clear up front > on the relationship between Apple handsets and iOS, and Vzn, the carrier. > With android this is not the case. > > I will return to TMo when possible but I do get a huge savings for a being > over 65 -- they offer a very nice menu of choices which nearly halved the > bill I would pay as a vanilla Vzn customer. > > One last example of buying an unlocked phone being a win was a recent > hi-tech friend who bought a Nexus with a data-only service from TMo (good > tariffs again) and is using a VoIP/Google Voice stunt. Saved a bundle. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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