AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Close
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-34560443_ITM" title="Facts and information about Cell-phone regulation.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)">Cell-phone regulation.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)</a>
Close
Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Consumer Reports are available.
Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds
Cell-phone regulation.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Your January 2008 Viewpoint column ("Wireless Carriers Lock Out Consumers") argues that more regulation and legislation are required "to encourage a truly competitive cell-phone market." The column argues that cell phones sold in the U.S. are unfairly locked, the handsets are hobbled, and consumers are subject to unfair early-termination fees. Yet the same issue of your magazine shows that the opposite is true: If consumers demand a change that is feasible, the market will ...
Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
For more facts and information, see all results
- ComNet: Frame relay carriers lock horns.(Industry Trend or Event)
- Magazine article from: Network World February 1, 1999 700+ words
WASHINGTON, D.C. - If you had to design the ideal frame relay service, it would provide lots of ports in cities in which you have the most sites, national and international coverage, gobs of managed service options and a watertight service-level agreement (SLA). Oh, and it would be cheap, too. One
- Torre impressed with Kelly's work.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Hartman, Sid August 22, 1999 700+ words
...are one thing, but when you see they're playing like they've had a lot of experience, that's impressive." . Torre likes Milton Torre isn't surprised pitcher Eric Milton, who came from the Yankees as part of a trade for Chuck Knoblauch, is doing...
- Fight over proposed plant under way.
- Newspaper article from: Janesville Gazette (Janesville, WI) May 4, 2005 700+ words
...They believe the company should stand or fall on its own merits, not on taxpayer dollars. "It is no wonder United Ethanol likes Milton," McKeever said in the letter. "The city is giving the company a sweetheart of a deal." Opponents also are concerned...
- In praise of small things; Development aid.(The White Man's Burden: Why the...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 1, 2006 700+ words
The sort of realistic goal he likes MILTON FRIEDMAN, a Nobel prizewinning economist, once noted the irony of trying to save poor countries from communism by giving them...
- Unlocking ruling rings in more cellular chaos.
- Magazine article from: Network World Briere, Daniel December 7, 2006 700+ words
...warranty, making support issues fall to the customer and not the carrier. Another possible impact will be on security. Many carriers lock out not only the ability to move a phone to another carrier but also specific functionalities and features inherent to the...
- Emerging Communications (eCOMM) Conference 2008 Signals 'Gold Rush' of...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 20, 2008 700+ words
...developers and handset manufacturers speaking at eComm2008 will describe new power they are putting into the hands of users. The carriers' lock on innovation will be cracked. "Think about it," he added. "Already there are three times as many wireless handsets...
- The Orange County Register, Calif., What's Your Problem column.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) August 6, 2005 700+ words
...handset you buy elsewhere. But buyer beware: Make sure the handset you use is unlocked, or manufactured for your carrier. Carriers lock handsets to prevent subscribers from using SIM cards from other wireless operators. So don't buy a used Cingular handset...
- Cell phone freedom--at your own risk.(CYBERWISE)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Black Enterprise Donaldson, Sonya A. November 1, 2007 700+ words
...principal analyst at Forrester Research focusing on mobile communications, says the answer is simple: "The main reason carriers lock the phones is because they subsidize a significant portion of the cost of the phone and recoup that subsidy through service...
