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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by adambadam
I think one other part of the problem though is the fact that there is no competition because they know that if you buy the hardware (or they pay a PC manufacture to build it into your laptop) it is inoperable on the other carrier's networks. ATT's 3G is different from even Tmobile's 3G and they are both GSM carriers and of course Verizon and Sprint are completely separate.

That is slowly starting to change now GOBI cards are popping up.
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