On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Stuart Jansen wrote:
If only it were possible to carry a phone around in my pocket. I'm sure AT&T would have created one for us if the government had just let them continue to control their customers with an iron fist.
There's actually interesting history behind your jest. One way to look at things is that the government's monopoly of the airwaves delayed AT&T cell phone in the U.S. by 11+ years:
"In December 1971, AT&T submitted a proposal for cellular service to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). After years of hearings, the FCC approved the proposal in 1982 for Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) and allocated frequencies in the 824–894 MHz band."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones Jon -- Jon Jensen End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/
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