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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    10/14/09

    In reply to Skype Founders Are Trying to Block Skype Sale
    This is all stupid Meg Whitman's fault. How stupid do you have to be to pay billions for a company that you don't get the rights to their key asset? That's like buying Coke without their secret formula or KFC without the Colonel's secret recipe.

    And now that idiot is running for office?
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    Image of Jbondkicks Jbondkicks
    10/07/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Honestly, I came back to this page today just to see if the whole article was struck-through.
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    Image of rudyfrederic rudyfrederic
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    holy shit after i read this i swear i saw a pig fly outside my window!
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/06/09

    @rudyfrederic: Dude, after all the crazy things I've seen on these here internets....I friggin' believe you.
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Well, one of several things happened here. Either the sacrifice of Google upon Apple's altar appeased the AT&T gods, AT&T and Apple don't want more crap from the FCC, or AT&T is desperate to give Apple a reason to maintain exclusivity in the US.

    I can't wait to find out which! Things are getting interesting again.
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/06/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Answer: Numbers 2 & 3.

    [gizmodo.com]

    Translation: Steve called AT&T and said,

    "Hey look, I want you to get in there and take one for the team. Go after Google and get some of this heat off of us. Use one of those federally mandated telecommunication regulations to shut them the hell up. Do that for me and we'll keep the iphone exclusive to you guys. But remember if you cross me I'll burn you f*ckers down to the ground.."
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    Image of snitch snitch
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    People have to understand that At&t 2G network was already max out which was the main reason your calls where getting drop, which had nothing to do with the iphone. Their new 3G network can handle 5x more traffic, so if you think the iPhone was gonna bring their network to it's knees, this is proof that you have been dead wrong. When they upgrade their Network to LTE, their network will be able to handle more than 2 billion users, bringing prices to rock bottom and Also you will see them opening the doors to international roaming.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment snitch was starred snitch was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/06/09

    @snitch: "When they upgrade their Network to LTE, their network will be able to handle more than 2 billion users, but prices will remain the same, while AT&T swims in cash."

    Fixed that for you.
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    Image of snitch snitch
    10/06/09

    @OCEntertainment: Prices will drop by a lot, trust me, remember when they use to charge you long distance when calling someone that was like 10 miles from you, all that change cause pipes can now handle more traffic. Telcos make money no matter what, the only reason you don't see Verizon & AT&T with dirt cheap calling plans is because they don't wanna overload their network, but when they Upgrade to LTE they won't have to worry about it anymore. What keeps every teenager from being glue to their phones is calling plans, calling plans prevent's people from crashing the network.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    I only have one related request: Automatic switching to VoIP over Wifi when I'm out of AT&T signal and IN Wifi signal without using that stupid router they're coming out with. This should work EVERYWHERE there is wifi.
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    Image of cotr cotr
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Wait wait wait... so it was AT&T that told apple not to approve the GV app? What a bunch of jerks...

    They should still be penalized for it.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/06/09

    @cotr: *teeheehee* penalized.
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Wow their 3G can handle voice traffic? Are they certain?
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    "their network is ready for VoIP over 3G" I actually laughed when I read this.
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    Image of jlarroulet jlarroulet
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Come on Google Voice!!! (and please please please, although it has nothing to do with VoIP, please let Latitude come to the iPhone as a standalone app!)
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment jlarroulet was starred jlarroulet was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/06/09

    @jlarroulet: This comment is proof "AT&T" == "iPhone".
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    Image of jlarroulet jlarroulet
    10/06/09

    @OCEntertainment: Yeah, but it would be nice, nevertheless, now that everyone seems to be in the giving mood
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Time for Google to sneakily submit its new app... 'Google Voyce'
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    Image of scoobydoo scoobydoo
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    This still doesn't mean the network will be able to cope with the data. I have a hard enough time keeping a reliable data session on the browser, so I can only imagine VOIP making things even worse.
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    Image of David Hildreth David Hildreth
    10/06/09

    In reply to Apocalypse Nigh, AT&T Opens Network for VoIP Over 3G on iPhone
    Google Voice!?
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    Image of adambadam adambadam
    10/06/09

    @David Hildreth: Google Voice is not VOIP, that's what made the situation so much more bizarre, and if you are to believe ATT they had nothing to do with the rejection of the GV app. GV is a virtual PBX; you still have to use and get charged for the minutes you use.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/02/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Awesome. Too bad she didn't wound him instead. Imagine him then having to go back to the rest of the terrorist cell buddies and explain to them that a woman took his AK-47 and shot him with it...
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    Image of Aashish Bhagyanagar Aashish Bhagyanagar
    10/02/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®:
    Dude these are hardcore al-qaeda affiliated pakistani militants not some nuts with guns......they dont stay down if they just get wounded.They are brainwashed religious zealots.She needed to kill one of them to set an example and scare the others away.
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Aashish Bhagyanagar was starred Aashish Bhagyanagar was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/02/09

    @Aashish Bhagyanagar: I know. I still think it would have been funnier if he had to explain how he lost his gun. His friends would zing him afterwards by setting him up on a suicide mission to redeem himself and then give him a fake bomb. They'd secretly video tape him trying to set the thing off. Then when he returns to their hideout, cave, whatever they'd play it back while everyone rips on him..
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    Image of blash blash
    10/01/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Well, it's Skype... decrying this move as putting more crapware on our shipped OS's is like complaining if the vendor installed MS Office (not crappy works) for you for free, or even if Firefox or Chrome were installed for you. It's good software. IT professionals deploying across a fleet and power users like me will just go ahead and wipe off the shipped OS in favor of a clean/custom set up anyways.
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