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Amagab I hate to say this but it really wouldn't have mattered who won the presidency they are all corrupt and have their own agendas. Especially once they sit in the big chair.
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Posted: 2002-11-09 06:12:00
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On 2002-11-08 22:54, amagab wrote:
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I also think there is a great potential for mobile tech in the US. But first someone needs to get kick Qualcomm, Verizon and Sprint out of the country.
That would suit me fine since I work at AT&T
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Posted: 2002-11-11 00:05:00
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It sure is a good thing we have AT&T, Cingular, and T-Mobile. Would be even better for consumers if there were more GSM service providers in the US.
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Posted: 2002-11-11 00:59:00
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GixxerForHire, LOL, I agree with amagab. Check out Qualcomm's latest attempt to get carriers away from the GSM>WCDMA migration path. You'd think that with Qualcomm holding 20% of WCDMA patents they wouldn't care so much. Maybe they're afraid that 3G will never catch on at all with the current lack of interest in wireless applications. I still think that the interest will pick up soon...
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-965147.html?tag=fd_top
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Posted: 2002-11-11 01:47:00
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Qualcomm can suck this and suck that but they actually are coming with a pretty good invention. They have created a chip that will make it possible for WCDMA phones to roam on CDMA2000 and vice versa. I guess they are trying every attempt to save their technology and keep other US carriers from going over to WCDMA.
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Posted: 2002-11-14 09:42:00
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Mobile technology would be much better if you would have more providers.... Here in the EU we have 3-6 providers per state.
This post was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2002-11-14 15:01:00
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The main problem and reason the US isn't up to speed with Europe and Asia is because our population is very resistant to change reguarding technology compared to those countrys. AT&T WS has actually slowed down their full 3G development to first completely implement their 2.5 G systems simply because they felt that the population wouldn't be ready for it. It's sad, but this is our problem.
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Posted: 2002-11-14 15:52:00
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gadgetboytom Posts: > 500
its like the pal - ntsc thing
and the radio freqency thing
and the hdtv thing
they always get it wrong!!
keep up u.s!!!
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Posted: 2002-11-14 15:55:00
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You have to consider that prior to this century, what the carriers and users wanted was better coverage and more minutes for the money. The manufacturers threw more features on phones, but, unlike the people who come to this website, most US users want more minutes and better coverage. I hear it EVERY day I work. (I work for a carrier). They don't care about MMS, photo messaging, SMS, GPRS, etc. They don't even program more then a few #'s into the phone. Computer internet is so readily available the it really isn't an option that most users care about nor want. Most don't want to spend money on a phone, and the more bells and whistles, the more $. The last 5 phones we got are priced at $49, $99, $199, $249, and $299. Most don't care. What they want is to be able to place long distance calls from their homes.
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Posted: 2002-11-14 18:07:00
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AT&T doesn't call it 3G, but 2.5 I agree that some other carriers are in the worng by calling it 3G, but on the whole are using "3g" as a buzzword to attract a larger customer base.
For the most part the US is not ready for 3G. Our customers are not picking up on 2.5G as they were expected, and as you know that pulls from the revenue that we'd use to fund a 3G conversion
Deric
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Posted: 2002-11-14 19:55:00
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