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> they are the solution to many of most onerous problems with wireless service today We disagree with what is the most onerous problem with wireless service to

• achompas 15y ago
  > The most onerous problem with wireless service today is carriers promising things that they can't deliver, then finding ways to up-charge their customers for features that were originally promised. In my opinion these are symptoms of the REAL problem: telecos overcommit to investment in wireless infrastructure, then under-deliver every single time. Afterwards, they use non-sequiturs (iPhone customers keep us from investing! or we want to roll out 4G!) for what is obviously bean-maximizing behavior.
  • rhizome 15y ago
    Funny that the CWA touts that the deal "will create" 96,000 jobs, not mentioning that that number is the high side estimate resulting from a promise by AT&T to invest $8B in infrastructure. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to estimate how much of that would become reality.
    • achompas 15y ago
      Hah! Hard to believe an acquisition like this would create jobs, especially as AT&T sells it as a "bandwidth/infrastructure acquisition."
• beefman 15y ago
  That's the problem I'm talking about. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2946587 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2946587 and this should also answer your question from the other subthread.