freewillybird

Why the FCC Wants to Smash Open the iPhone

If AT+T pays big bucks to build out its wireless network (eg cell towers) then how do they recoup the investment, and if Apple designs and manufactures an iPhone, how do they recoup their investment, and if Apple gets paid more by the exclusive carrier and less by the end user to pay for the cost of the hardware, then how does the carrier recoup that investment? It seems like the carrier (ATT in this case) has to make $$ to make the whole thing work. So, if Google figures out a way to bypass a ATTs call-based revenue stream, and ATT is forced by the FCC to let the Google app have access to the internet via the iPhone through ATTs network, then it makes the whole scheme not work for ATT, atherefore not work for Apple. Does this mean that I now have to pay many hundreds of dollars for the iPhone? Maybe as a consumer I like things the way they are now. ....