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        <title><![CDATA[Yep, simple arithmetic - but doesn't data plan change?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm surprised the service rental charge is the same without a handset; in Europe it's not.I believe the telcos in the UK work it out to pay for the phone over 18 months (does anybody know for sure here?). When comparing the meerkat you should really build a simple spreadsheet of all the variables - although few people can be bothered for the sake of a few quid.The best thing you can do to lower costs is to cut a deal with the customer loyalty team of your current telco.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[zd@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:39:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Harsh reality]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I enjoy forums because we get to exchange ideas about an imaginary world where what we say actually matters or counts for something.The real world however is clouded by an illusion of control where the only certain truth is we don't have any control. Huh? ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MadestroITSolutions]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:22:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We have at least four providers here...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and this is desert country! If we don't like one provider, their is always another. Verizon has them all beat, hands down, around here.You can also jail break almost any phone, but I don't know what that would do to your contract, if found out. I never read the EULA.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:26:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It was called the &quot;U&quot; plan...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[under Alltel, but many have speculated that if I ever dropped it or tried to modify it too much, I'd lose the original deal permanently. I really don't know for sure; but I know the state blocked the buy out at first to protect consumers here, so maybe it is just this state that is enforcing the 'grandfathering' of these contracts.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:11:08 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exactly!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What am I missing. So the phone didn't sell, the sales system didn't work, people weren't too happy about the full price so they stopped selling it! It didn't sell so they stopped selling it, where is the revolution we are talking about?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SundayBiker]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:25:10 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Many Americans still do]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, when the economy tanks, those who did not buy into the &quot;It's not what you are, but what you appear to be&quot; lifestyle get to suffer right along with those who did.  They just don't suffer as much.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:02:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The difference between &quot;wealthy&quot; people and &quot;poor&quot; people...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338574-3389171]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...is usually that the &quot;wealthy&quot; people understand that.  &quot;Wealthy&quot; people make interest on the money they have saved for the replacement, while the &quot;poor&quot; pay interest on goods already being consumed.  Most Americans used to understand this.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnMcGrew@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:47:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[All the while]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Saving for the down payment on the replacement...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:38:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But you do have freedom of choice.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Choose not to buy what they're offering.  No one is being bullied into signing a phone contract.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:32:23 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Drive it 'til it dies.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Then call Kidney Cars, so you don't even pay to have it towed off.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:31:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Google raises the white flag on transforming the US wireless industry]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As an outsider (from Trinidad and Tobago), and a Google fan it is indeed sad that Google has given up some of their fight for the underdog - that's us the consumers.  With all it's success over the years I thought that Google's principles and presence in the IT industry meant that the 'good can win over evil'. Guess I was wrong - everyone has a price.  The sad thing is that most of the Third World telecom (we in Trinidad and Tobago have only 2 carriers - Digicel and B-mobile) follow the US model and this will naturally roll down onto us.  This is the primary reason I haven't gotten a smart phone yet.  I hate to be dictated to by the big guns.  However, I need one to install the Logmein client to support my customers.  I have had a Blackberry I got as a gift put away in a drawer for over six months because it can't support Logmein.  I was waiting for an independent Android phone here too. Don't mind paying the extra. I guess the small man can't win afterall.  BTW, I still have a Palm Tungsten C which I have been using every day at an average of once per hour for over 6 years - great device.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dexter.mahadeo@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:04:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not all of us]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Our phones are 7-8 years old (can't recall exactly). The SUV is 8, the car is 10. The only reason my desktop is fairly new (2 years) is someone gave it to me. Same with the laptop (about 3 years). My deer rifle is over 20. The point is, this stuff all works fine. As another poster said, I got tired of being in debt just to have the latest stuff. Know what? I don't miss it. We just sold our over-sized house in California and escaped to another state where we are buying within our means (yeah, I know, I need to update the profile). Yep, had it with the never ending upgrade cycle just to have the latest whiz-bang gadget. If I see a need, then I'll get it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:59:30 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Google raises the white flag on transforming the US wireless industry]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[well, me don't think that there is any &quot;European wireless model&quot;... There are &quot;America wireless model&quot; and the &quot;Rest of The World wireless model&quot;...thankfully me don't live in America so me could choose what me want...anyhow, too bad for Google...business is business...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[inject_yourself_with_liberty@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:08:08 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shouldn't be the American way]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I am referring to the post about it being 'the American way'.The way I see it is that the American way is freedom of choice, and competition of the best service and price. Not being bullied into doing it the way the big companies tell us to.I think it is also what?s wrong with the US presently. The big companies need to have been let go (not saved), and the small companies that fight for your dollar would be able to step up (I realise this last 'rant' does not possibly refer directly to the telco companies).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mattimelb-one@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:40:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[whats wrong with last year?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Once again I agree with you, why do so many IT people have the attitude of &quot;I cant use that, its soooo....last year&quot; there is nothing wrong with last years models. If you HAVE to have next years models today, maybe there are other issues in play?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[xangpow]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:02:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No matter how &quot;friendly&quot; a business looks in public we should never, NEVER, forget that the number one rule of business is &quot;MAKE MONEY!!&quot; So just because Apple, Micosoft, or Google give 10 million dollar to a school or hospital does NOT make them heros. They do that so they can write it off during tax time. So yeah they get their 10 million back.As for googles &quot;we like the consumer&quot; policy? I dont belive them for a second. :P]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[xangpow]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:56:41 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Really?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My laptop is a seven-year-old A31, my cell phone has the Cingular logo on it, and my desktop-the newest tech I own-is still almost 5 years old.  As long as it meets my needs, I will use it until it dies.Now, as far as the great unwashed masses go, yeah, you're probably right.  But I've been deep in debt and managed to get out; I'm not going back.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:50:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ben...   I think I love you]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a plutonic way...  I'm not stupid.  But the tone of the article seems inclined to consider that consumers are stupid and didn't realize what is being offered to them in a phone from only Google.  I contend that only a small percentage of people actually care about the &quot;openess&quot; of a platform.  As an example, one job interview I went on the manager asked me, which is more important.  The reason something happened or the fix?I told him that it depended on who you were.  If you're the customer it is the fix.  Not the reason.  They want to get back to work.  The techs would want to know the reason.  So as to understand why it happened and how to avoid the issue in the future.Same for mobile phones.  Most people just want it to work and have some options when it comes to applications.  iPhone offers that and Android does it well too.  I went with a Droid, not because it was open, that was a bonus for me.  It was because the GPS feature was free, kinda...  I don't pay extra for GPS it comes with the service/data plan.But again, i don't consider Google caving.  I consider it a flawed plan to begin with.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mike@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:50:25 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's always about money]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If it doesn't make money, it doesn't fly, period. It's not about consumers or telecomm heroes. Google abandoned the idea because people were not willing to pay. What's new?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MadestroITSolutions]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:22:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Google raises the white flag on transforming the US wireless industry]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[So sad. I mourn for this loss.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sandersonsite]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:15:10 -0800</pubDate>
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