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FCC mandates data roaming for phones

article published on 10 April, 2011

The FCC has ruled this week that carriers must now offer "reasonable" data roaming rates for their networks in the U.S. "Mobile providers must be able to offer nationwide voice and data plans to have any chance of competing in today's market," added FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. "However, roaming deals are simply not being widely offered on commercially reasonable terms." Sprint, ... [ read the full article ]

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hikaricor
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_ 		10. April 2011 @ 16:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is it just me, or has the FCC been trying to do some good these last few years? Back in the day all you'd hear about is censorship and such but they've made an amazing turnaround since then from what I can tell.
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baxter00
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_ 		10. April 2011 @ 19:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think the FCC should make sure that AT&T can handle the bandwidth and amount of customers T-Mobile brings to the table before they are allowed to complete the purchase.
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GryphB
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_ 		10. April 2011 @ 22:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just hope that T-Mobile doesn't get merged in with the worst mobile network.
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DDR4life
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_ 		11. April 2011 @ 17:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by GryphB:
 I just hope that T-Mobile doesn't get merged in with the worst mobile network.
I hear ya. T-Mobile is doing just fine as they are. The last thing I want to see on my t-mobile bill is: T-Mobile (an AT&T company)
*shudder*
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mscritsm
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_ 		16. April 2011 @ 02:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hikaricor:
 Is it just me, or has the FCC been trying to do some good these last few years? Back in the day all you'd hear about is censorship and such but they've made an amazing turnaround since then from what I can tell.
You can thank Obama for that. The FCC is a five member commission, three belong to the party which has the White House, the other two belong to the other party. With Obama the FCC now enjoys a 3-2 Democratic edge, whereas with Bush it was in favor of the Republicans.
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