http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Regional carriers plead with FCC for compulsory roaming http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/
I pay Verizon more money because they spend $4bil a year to make "their" network better...and it is...why should someone from Alltel pay half what I do for the same service?]]>Sep 23rd 2006 11:56PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/Sep 24th 2006 12:18AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/Sep 24th 2006 9:11AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/
They don't...the fundamental difference between the major carriers and the smaller ones is the coverage. If you want more coverage pay more. If you don't need it go with a smaller company. Should a "small" company like Kia be able to use Honda engine technology for free (or significantly reduced price) to try and even the playing field? C'mon, honda can sell their motors for what ever price they wan't, and the same should go for the wireless companies as well. Or should we just follow the Communist approach and have just one wireless company that can use everything, at a government controlled rate?

If you wan't coverage go with a big company...if you wan't to pay less go with a local...you can't have both.]]>Sep 24th 2006 3:13PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/23/regional-carriers-plead-with-fcc-for-compulsory-roaming/
The clue here is in the ROAMING. It's not going to be free, there will be cross charges, but it means people don't have to swap SIM cards, or handsets jus because they go on vacation for a few weeks somewhere else for instance.

It's attitudes like this driven by the $ than explain why your mobile phone systems don't meet global standards, and why you are so far behind with common technologies.

If you let people work together, it benefits everyone, and the big players will make more money by allowing this.]]>Sep 26th 2006 8:58AM