tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post6997028687899823528..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: Black Spots, Not Spots And ShadowsTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-47942719381012975832014-11-07T09:59:49.101+00:002014-11-07T09:59:49.101+00:00As Woodsy said above.
It is always too little and ...As Woodsy said above.<br />It is always too little and too late.<br /><br />They are always looking to grab someone else's money without thinking it through. A nice sound bite and too hell with the later consequences.mikebravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-33706483932615824502014-11-06T20:03:10.716+00:002014-11-06T20:03:10.716+00:00Regarding 3G licenses, Brown made the phone operat...Regarding 3G licenses, Brown made the phone operators pay in total £22.47bn. Coverage though was a condition of issuing a license. Initially the requirement was 80% and then it was increased to 90% to be fulfilled by June 2013TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-81054027795828717702014-11-06T19:04:47.775+00:002014-11-06T19:04:47.775+00:00How much did the government "tax in advance&q...How much did the government "tax in advance" the mobile companies by making them bid for a few licenses? I'm not sure what their profits are after constant political interference but it may have been better to make coverage a condition of license rather than the usual money grab.mikebravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-65276745422900296232014-11-06T10:55:18.276+00:002014-11-06T10:55:18.276+00:00Aye, made even worse given a worrying number of th...Aye, made even worse given a worrying number of them can't operate computers and need emails printed out for them. TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-6052108040544207972014-11-06T10:51:35.582+00:002014-11-06T10:51:35.582+00:00It's all those MPs who have two and charge it ...It's all those MPs who have two and charge it to the taxpayer - or in Sadiq Khan's case three <br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5349413/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-Labour-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.htmlTheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-65664602768219725872014-11-06T10:46:40.504+00:002014-11-06T10:46:40.504+00:00Certainly mobile operators are reluctant to partic...Certainly mobile operators are reluctant to participate, some of them such as AT&T are doing so with restrictions. That said Apple tends to use its money and clout to 'persuade' operators or they don't sell their products.<br /><br />The momentum though is with built-in SIM cards. Apple now has a competitive advantage particularly when travelling abroad when local networks can be selected to save call costs, so others are very likely to follow suit. Also manufacturing phones etc to have fiddly sockets and removable pieces is more cost intensive. It's cheaper to produce sealed units - newer mobiles already have the battery 'sealed'.<br /><br />So it's appears that the SIM card is on its way out - they are the mobile equivalent of floppy disks, and certainly Apple are doing their best to help the process along. In this sense then mobile operators aren't going to have much choice but to go along with reprogrammable SIMs.TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-85252782909164590292014-11-06T06:03:33.555+00:002014-11-06T06:03:33.555+00:00'the first step towards freeing mobile devices...'the first step towards freeing mobile devices from restrictive mobile contracts, allowing users to switch carrier just by selecting an option in settings.'<br /><br />Given the legion obstacles these operators, and other custodians of electronic media communications services (Sky, etc...) put in place to prevent their subscribers from closing their contracts, I doubt it will prove as easy as that for a good decade at least....<br /><br />(Forgive me if I've missed any qualifying irony in your paragraph there - I've not yet had my first coffee....!...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-69036261081975348552014-11-05T22:21:22.742+00:002014-11-05T22:21:22.742+00:00Apparently there are more mobile phones in Britain...Apparently there are more mobile phones in Britain than people. That's rather worrying as there are two people in this house that don't have one...Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-75771291644149496932014-11-05T21:47:58.226+00:002014-11-05T21:47:58.226+00:00One can be sure that any government action will be...One can be sure that any government action will be 1: too late to solve the problem and 2: make life more difficult and more expensive for everyone concerned - plus probably 3: contain requirements which will inhibit future developmentsWoodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.com