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Article #280Re: NEWS: US edges towards mobile antitrust case
From: Bill Z.
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:25
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:25
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John Blutarsky <bluto@faber.com> writes: > nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) wrote in > news:87my7c7eh9.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net: > >> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes: >> >>> Bill Z. wrote: >>>> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> Bill Z. wrote: >>>>> >>>> Irrelevant with regard to the fact that 20 cents per text message is >>>> way above what it costs to provide the service. >>> >>> Is there some reason, other than your dislike of the practice, that it >>> should not be? The price of a restaurant meal is far above what it >>> costs to produce and serve it! No one is forced to use the >>> service. Many of us older folks lived three quarters of our lives >>> without cell phones or texting at all. I've been using cell phones >>> for about twelve years now and have NEVER sent a text message FROM my >>> phone! >> >> As was pointed out to you, they are using a public resource (the >> electromagnetic spectrum) with only a few companies calling the shots. >> The public can reasonably require fair pricing practices in exchange >> for giving a private company exclusive use of that resource. > > Based on what element of law? Please point me to the FCC regulation that > states what you have just posted. Sigh. This is an attempted make work project. The FCC can put all sorts of regulations on communication systems and often does. -- My real name backwards: nemuaZ lliB
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X-Google-Thread: aa617e85ca,70f2e018f89541d7 X-Google-Attributes: gidaa617e85ca,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!nlpi057.nbdc.sbc.com!prodigy.net!flph199.ffdc.sbc.com!prodigy.com!nlpi071.nbdc.sbc.com!nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com.POSTED!79589bed!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.cellular.verizon,alt.cellular.t-mobile,ba.internet Subject: Re: NEWS: US edges towards mobile antitrust case References: <kc37551nu2kjgpqb6pff4668ielk1jrf09@4ax.com> <87skh7dacf.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <kpd9555cmcb06rkc15vhcu45tk1ll9qtio@4ax.com> <87bpnvjiez.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <w955m.14633$%02.14521@newsfe15.iad> <87ocruajae.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <nt9a55pgat88gvnsmma09ti8h30s3ma9i0@4ax.com> <87eisqeogn.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <bmba55lv8rjj8vcfv1v6kp2jjc0m8p8rv9@4ax.com> <87bpnupvp2.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <Xns9C42B80BC54DDblutofabercom@188.40.43.213> <87prcatjk6.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <Xns9C43A93131B4Eblutofabercom@85.214.113.135> <87r5wpgx18.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <Xns9C43C3DB7A618blutofabercom@85.214.113.135> <87iqi1co6c.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <HEx5m.9374$Jb1.1493@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com> <87hbxl6vwt.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <X4ydna3GlKqLsMrXnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <87my7c7eh9.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> <Xns9C44AE12579DBblutofabercom@188.40.43.213> From: nobody@nospam.pacbell.net (Bill Z.) Message-ID: <87bpnsf7cw.fsf@nospam.pacbell.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nWIwud2aqltIukQbEMIvV99kusQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.233.20.69 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com 1247268194 ST000 209.233.20.69 (Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:23:14 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:23:14 EDT Organization: at&t http://my.att.net/ X-UserInfo1: Q[OGS^SGXJWOBFH[OZK@_TDAYZOZ@GXOXB_J]Q]KEYUNDQUCCNSUAACY@L[ZX__HGFD]JBJNSFXTOOGA_VWY^_HG@FW_HUTHOH]TBPGCO\P^PLP^@[GLHUK@WLECKFVL^TYG[@RMWQXIWM[SDDYWNLG_G[_BWUCHFY_Y@AS@Q[B\APPF@DCZM_PG_VSCPQZM Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:25:51 -0700