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Story: Skype calls on FCC to open network access
The wireless industry needs to wake up...
I am a wireless customer, as many Americans are, but I am growing tired of these companies that lock you into their control with contracts and over priced plans. Companies like Skype, Vonage, MetroPCS are good for the consumers. With MetroPCS, there is no contract. If you want to quit using them, no problem... Come back when or if you want to... With Vonage, I can be at home or I can be on the road at a local wifi hotspot and I can make nationwide calls through my VOIP account. I am not a Skype customer but I have used them in the past for communications with my over seas associates.
The bottom line here is that we have all of this tehnology and it needs to be integrated and made available as choices for all consumers.
The wireless industry is fighting innovation that does not come out of thier shops. Anyone on the outside is out of thier control and therefore they won't support it.
As far as I am concerned, I should be able to purchase a UNIVERSAL device that can work on any cellular company's platform and said device would be open ended so that new technolgies can be applied. But this is an entirely different topic.
One other point... I am not biased as a consumer wanting something for nothing. I will pay for my services even though I know I have other means.
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