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Re: AT&T flings cellphone network wide open
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:31:24 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "W.B. McNamara" <whitney () absono us> Date: December 7, 2007 7:30:42 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] AT&T flings cellphone network wide open Dave -You're right that T-Mobile has long done this. The irony,however, is that so has AT&T (and any other GSM operator) -- there's nothing new happening, it's just that there wasn't a marketing advantage to pitching their network as "open" before. From a Techdirt post on the announcement:
"Basically, absolutely nothing happened here except that AT&T's marketing crew declared that AT&T's network is now open, and convinced USA Today to report it as if it were a big deal. If there was any change at all within AT&T, it's that retail store employees are now supposed to admit that you can use other devices on the network, rather than pretending you can't. Not quite as exciting as "flinging the network open," though."
Link: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071206/030232.shtml - Whit ** W.B. McNamara whitney () absono us 646-NEptune7-7791 On Dec 7, 2007, at 6:57 AM, David Farber wrote:
At long last. Interesting what Hill attention can bring. BTW T- mobile has always done this. djfBegin forwarded message: From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks) Date: December 6, 2007 4:08:07 PM EST To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] AT&T flings cellphone network wide open AT&T flings cellphone network wide open USA Today By Leslie CauleyStarting immediately, AT&T (T) customers can ditch their AT&T phones and use any wireless phone, device and software application from any maker — think smartphones, e-mail and music downloading. And they don't have to sign a contract. "You can use any handset on our network you want," says Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T's wireless business. "We don't prohibit it, or even police it."AT&T's push to give consumers maximum control of their wireless worlds is being driven, in part, by Google. The tech giant is a monster in the Internet search business for personal computers, and is hoping to replicate that success in the wireless market.<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2007-12-05- att_N.htm>------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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