Comments on: CTIA: Apples and Oranges Revisited http://phoneboy.com/3185/ctia-apples-and-oranges-revisited Simplifying Network Security, Telecom, Gadgets, and More! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tom http://phoneboy.com/3185/ctia-apples-and-oranges-revisited/comment-page-1#comment-27504 tom Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:48:41 +0000 http://phoneboy.com/?p=3185#comment-27504 more than anything else what i would like to see is for phones to be 'financed' instead of 'subsidized' the difference i see is that they would be listed on the bill as a separate line item that would disappear after two years is up and would vary with the phone purchased. of course we should have the option to buy the phone outright with cash and never see the line item on our bill. my main reason for wanting this so much is not so much the cost of service decrease but a belief that phone price would drop massively if customers actually saw the cost on there bill every month listed as a separate item. the price difference between an ipod touch and an unsubsidized iphone to totally crazy and i believe would mostly disappear if the cost were more transparent. i completely agree with you that any plan should work with any phone. more than anything else what i would like to see is for phones to be ‘financed’ instead of ‘subsidized’ the difference i see is that they would be listed on the bill as a separate line item that would disappear after two years is up and would vary with the phone purchased. of course we should have the option to buy the phone outright with cash and never see the line item on our bill. my main reason for wanting this so much is not so much the cost of service decrease but a belief that phone price would drop massively if customers actually saw the cost on there bill every month listed as a separate item. the price difference between an ipod touch and an unsubsidized iphone to totally crazy and i believe would mostly disappear if the cost were more transparent.

i completely agree with you that any plan should work with any phone.

]]> By: PhoneBoy http://phoneboy.com/3185/ctia-apples-and-oranges-revisited/comment-page-1#comment-27503 PhoneBoy Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:16:23 +0000 http://phoneboy.com/?p=3185#comment-27503 Remember that the CTIA represents the operators, not necessarily those of us who pay to use said operators. ;) Remember that the CTIA represents the operators, not necessarily those of us who pay to use said operators. ;)

]]> By: tom http://phoneboy.com/3185/ctia-apples-and-oranges-revisited/comment-page-1#comment-27502 tom Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:10:55 +0000 http://phoneboy.com/?p=3185#comment-27502 i wonder how CTIA's conversation with the carriers go. are they still looking out for the consumer? the US government in general seems to overwhelmingly favor corporations ahead of individuals these days. i wonder how CTIA’s conversation with the carriers go. are they still looking out for the consumer? the US government in general seems to overwhelmingly favor corporations ahead of individuals these days.

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