Slashdot: The Irksome Cellphone Industry [Telecom]

Yet another phone-related item on Slashdot:

"David Pogue of the NYTimes wonders why Congress is worrying about exclusive handset contracts when there are more significant things that are broken, unfair, and anti-competitive in the American cellphone industry.

He lists text messaging fees, double billing, handset subsidies, international call rates, and 'airtime-eating instructions' among the major problems not being addressed by Congress.

'Right now, the cell carriers spend about $6 billion a year on advertising. Why doesn't it occur to them that they'd attract a heck of a lot more customers by making them happy instead of miserable? By being less greedy and obnoxious? By doing what every other industry does: try to please customers instead of entrap and bilk them?

But no.

Apparently, persuading cell carriers to treat their customers decently would take an act of Congress.'"

The NY Times article cited is here:

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Thad Floryan
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