Quote Originally Posted by DJ_MikeyRevile View Post
You cant honestly tell me apple didnt have any sort of influence when it came to limiting phone providers down to two major company's.
What? I don't understand what you're trying to say here. Of course Apple chose AT&T and Verizon because they're the two major wireless companies (read: huge customer base), as you said...

Quote Originally Posted by devour View Post
for the guy who said he doesnt care, you will when at&t starts forcing you to have a different data plan for different uses, as well as run off of a pooled data plan with "rollover" megabytes = no unlimited data plans.
I really hope you're right. Rollover data? I'd love it. I use roughly half of a 200MB plan right now, so I'd be rolling over the megabytes real quick. I couldn't care less about "unlimited" plans that are actually 5GB plans. At least they're not lying now. Plus I don't download several gigabyte torrents on my iPhone. I don't know, maybe you do.

My previous job was at a distributor in the wireless industry, so I made it a point to be familiar with wireless technology and infrastructure on both consumer and business ends. I do understand the potential implications of the way data distribution is changing, and I am being 100% honest when I say I really don't care, nor do I foresee myself caring. It works just fine for me. Your situation may be different, but that's not my situation. I'm far more concerned with the potential of ending up with data limitations on my home ISP, but that's another thread.

In any case, this purchase has to go through a lot of hurdles to be approved, with everyone crying about monopolies because they don't understand the term, the little guys complaining that the big guys are too big, politicians trying to look important, and bunches of regulatory red tape.