Comments on: Skype Begs FCC To Open Cell Networks http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/22/skype-begs-fcc-to-open-cell-networks/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:50:26 -0500 hourly 1 By: Greg http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/22/skype-begs-fcc-to-open-cell-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-127998 Greg Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:19:08 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/22/skype-begs-fcc-to-open-cell-networks/#comment-127998 What ridiculous logic you employ. Of course Verizon will fight it, but it's by no means a foregone conclusion that they will win, so how can you state that there is "no way" skype will get anywhere with it? More ridiculously, you apparently think it's a good thing to keep overpaying a wireless carrier for calls and services just so you can get a subsidised handset every few years? Wouldn't you just rather shell out 4 or 5 hundred bucks one time every 24 months and no longer have to pay 30, 40, 50 cents per minute for a call? I've always wondered what kind of idiots were taken in by the mobile operators transparent marketing schemes -- it's frightening to see such ignorance in a consumer. What ridiculous logic you employ. Of course Verizon will fight it, but it’s by no means a foregone conclusion that they will win, so how can you state that there is “no way” skype will get anywhere with it?

More ridiculously, you apparently think it’s a good thing to keep overpaying a wireless carrier for calls and services just so you can get a subsidised handset every few years? Wouldn’t you just rather shell out 4 or 5 hundred bucks one time every 24 months and no longer have to pay 30, 40, 50 cents per minute for a call? I’ve always wondered what kind of idiots were taken in by the mobile operators transparent marketing schemes — it’s frightening to see such ignorance in a consumer.

]]> By: Mark Smith http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/22/skype-begs-fcc-to-open-cell-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-116523 Mark Smith Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:18:17 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/22/skype-begs-fcc-to-open-cell-networks/#comment-116523 We don't seem to have a problem like this in the UK. Any WM5 or S60 phones that can run the existing mobile version have the option to use Skype over 3G and/or wifi networks. Still, I hold my head high that at least there's still one place where Europe outdoes the US... We don’t seem to have a problem like this in the UK. Any WM5 or S60 phones that can run the existing mobile version have the option to use Skype over 3G and/or wifi networks.

Still, I hold my head high that at least there’s still one place where Europe outdoes the US…

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