[nylug-talk] [ot] Fwd: Re: [linux-58] OpenMoko & the Neo1973 (iPhoneKille

[jh]

Ajai Khattri wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Alex Pilosov wrote:
> 
>> gsm is the suck, as far as frequency reuse and bit density per mhz go. 
>> (gsm = tdma, like amps/namps). the only reason euros are all gsm is 
>> because it was illegal for 10 years to run anything non-gsm
> 
> Judging from the variety of ways you can buy and use cell phones in the 
> EU, this looks to be a good thing.
> 
> The divide-and-conquer-via-different-standards approach here is much 
> worse for consumers all round.

Right on. Therea are things that governments do better than capitalism. 
Imagine if our telcos had built the federal highway system?

Sometimes the invisible hand doesn't work except to smack the consumer 
around. Unrestricted capitalism is not always the answer, Alex :) In our 
case, we've gotten the highest phone bills, the least choice, and total 
crap customer service.

Lastly, I'd add that one of the carriers that adheres to "sucky" GSM has 
one of the highest J.D. Powers' ratings (T-Mobile), and one of the CDMA 
carriers has the lowest (Sprint). Hmm.

jh