Skype Asks FCC to Open Cellular Networks

Milwaukee's_Best writes "Skype has just asked the FCC to force wireless phone companies to open their networks to all comers. Skype essentially wants to turn the wireless phone companies into just another network of the kind currently operated on the ground. This would require carriers to allow any phone to be used on their networks, and for any application. Users would simply purchase a voice or data plan (though these could easily converge into a data plan if VoIP calling is used) and then use the device of their choice to access the network of their choice. Think of it as network neutrality for cell networks. Given the competition that exists within the industry, is this needed?"

Re:As a free market libertarian, I vote against th

[geminidomino]

I'm trained formally, as an economist,

Obviously not as a typesetter.

Wall of text crits you for 4362. You die.

Re:You're spot on

[Anonymous Coward]

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A: Let's go ride bikes!

Re:As a free market libertarian, I vote against th

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Finally, there are public access streets that are little more than overcrowded, rutted, muddy, pot-holed goat trails, but they're free.

You've driven in New Jersey, then?