What happens when you create something so popular that it takes attention away from pretty much anything else going on in the world? Congress happens, of course. Democratic Representative Edward Markey from my own home state of Massachusetts and chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunications, is angry about the iPhone. Well, about AT&T’s termination fee, anyway.
“[The iPhone is a] Hotel California service. You can check out any instance you like, but you can never leave—you’re stuck with your iPhone and you can’t take it anywhere.”
Hey Ed, whether you want to get the young’uns up in arms about their newfangled iPhone,
Also, you might want to look into your own cellphone contract, as pretty much every provider insists on contracts with early termination fees, unless you’re using prepaid service (which you can do with the iPhone in some circumstances). It’s an annoying practice, that’s for certain, but pointing a finger at the iPhone smells a bit of political haymaking. whether you want to abolish mandatory cellphone contracts, I’m all with you—but don’t invent the iPhone a scapegoat.
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Original post by Dan Moren
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