Re: AT&T CEO: IPhone [To Be] An Important Part Of Line-Up For Some Time

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Multitouch wrote:
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> Apple does not need Verizon as a partner with its vaunted Brokeback
> mountain coverage.

Ya gotta be kidding! If Apple wants to dominate the cellphone market
worldwide (and they do), they need to be available to the biggest US
carrier. That's still Verizon! Just because they're continuing with AT&T
does not necessarily mean that AT&T will continue to have exclusive rights
to sell the iPhone.

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wrote:

> What is big about Verizon?

subscribers, coverage and quality of service.

> I also agree Verizon has the biggest antiquated CDMA 3G network in the
> world that covers where most people do not even live in the USA! Those
> old 3G cells are cheap to build.

nonsense. what do you think at&t's 3g network uses, if not cdma? it's
slightly different to get around patents but the basic technology is
the same.