Ecuador pushes carriers toward socialization

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dcny @ Nov 25th 2007 7:19PM

damn i wish this would happen in the us, id love to hear that being told to tmobile and sprint nextel

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Mark Richardson @ Nov 25th 2007 11:45PM

I, for one, wish it won't. It's not the government's responsibility to force private companies to perform up to a certain level of expectation -- not even cell carriers.

What you say doesn't make sense in the US because there is nowhere near a monopoly in the cellular communications business. If you don't like Sprint or T-Mobile, use someone else. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean the government should punish them.

The market can determine whose service is acceptable and whose isn't, and reward or punish accordingly.

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dcny @ Nov 26th 2007 12:04AM

im saying that because of how coverage is in the us outside of big cities almost non existence.

you can go 10-20 miles outside of big cities and get no coverage in some area's that have large populations

while in some countries there are more area's that are covered without gaps in between

say a city is 75 square milesand is covered in cell coverage you leave out of that area the coverage may extend for about 5 or 10 miles outside of the city.

while in other countries you could have a city that is 75 square miles and coverage might extend 20-30 miles outside of the city

with the same coverage as in the city

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steveo @ Nov 26th 2007 12:45AM

@dcny

If there was suffiient demand for coverage in the areas that you are having a problem with, then a carrier would cover it.

A great example is the Iridium system from the 90s. Sounds like a great idea to be able to use your phone anywhere in the world without roaming or worrying about cell coverage, right? Well, to provide that service, Moto had to charge a hefty fee in order to make a profit. People decided that they were ok with thir current level of sevice after all, dead spots and all.

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Mark Richardson @ Nov 26th 2007 1:22AM

Coverage is not the issue. As stated by the article: "widespread, systematic technical problems"

Now you're making your argument even worse than it already was. First you wanted the government to force T-Mobile and Sprint to provide a certain level of quality in their service, and now you want the government to force T-Mobile and Sprint to extend their coverage areas. Wow. Just wow.

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