Sarah,
I'm all for this, but, I think this kinda reeks of "I want my toys" . there are really well understood ways to crack the Iphone and put them on T-Mobile, or whatever—guys at work do it all the time and it works great apparently. I didn't do it because I still have some months left on my apple care, like 7, and so I don't want to lose that total protection. Plus, I get such a good deal with the family plan…everyone is on our plan, and it's only $6000/week!!!
So far, I think the only thing ATT has hijacked is the tethering technology, where you can use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi from your laptop to connect to the 3G network through the phone. They still want to sell their $50.00 /month 3G WAN packages. Which absolutely sucks!!
But, they are supposed to get over that soon. So I'm all for getting them to lower their rates, they suck at $40.00/month to run the Iphone internet services. But I don't know who is doing any better. All the companies should be busted for price collusion, and monopolizing the our air waves.
But, I think google is leading the charge to make the old analog airwaves available for the citizens that own them, and their android operating system is based on Linux. But the Palm Pre isn't doing too well compared to the Iphone. And the Iphone is the gadget of the millennium so far, and they built a brilliant operating system that spawns all the billions of great apps that you can put on the thing..
So I don't know if this guy is the right spokesman. What we need to do is keep the freed up air waves from the DTV transition out of the hands of those bastard phones companies. But, then we get to the problem that is yet to be solved, which is how do we get the people back in charge of their government?
I'm posting this to my blog…
Becky, how to I get the entire universe to read my blog?
Bro
From: Sarah Martin [mailto:NapaRose@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:28 AM
To: George Martin; Rebecca Martin
Subject: FW: Why the New iPhone Sucks
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From: "Josh Levy, FreePress.net" <info@freepress.net>
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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:25:00 -0500 (CDT)
To: Sarita Martin CEO <NapaRose@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Why the New iPhone Sucks
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Dear Sarah,
Get the Real Internet in Your Pocket <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=x6sRiehr5a84hdjae2MbRg..>
Do you want the new iPhone?
If so, you're in for a disappointment. If not, you should be worried anyway. Here's why:
Apple just released the new iPhone with a promise that it will be "the Internet in your pocket." If only. The iPhone's groundbreaking technology has been hijacked by AT&T. The telephone giant has struck an exclusive agreement that ties the hands of all iPhone users, restricts their Internet use and prohibits access to any other network.
That's why Free Press has launched a new campaign to free the iPhone and other "smart" phones like it from attempts to cripple their best features, block full access to the Internet and stick customers with astronomical bills. Please join us:
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FreeMyPhone is fighting for affordable new phones that have full access to the Internet. This is vital because handheld wireless devices are becoming the first point of Internet access for tens of millions of Americans.
These "exclusive deals" remind me of the days when AT&T held a monopoly over all phone communications. Consumers could only use one phone, on one network, at rates set by one company. No innovations could take place without AT&T's permission. When federal rules forced AT&T to open its network, an explosion of innovation occurred with new fax machines, Internet modems and answering machines.
Today, the FreeMyPhone campaign seeks to open up the wireless market in the same way:
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The future of the Internet is wireless and mobile. Eighty-seven percent of Americans have mobile phones. Increasingly, these phones are people's only gateway to the Internet.
Yet as more phones become Internet-enabled, more users are tied to carriers that don't actually deliver an open Internet. This is important...
- If you care about universal Internet access and closing the digital divide.
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