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AT&T's Exclusive Hold On The iPhone Stifles Innovation And Leads To Predatory Practices

April 17, 2009

Analysis of:AT&T Chief Presses to Keep iPhone, Deepen Wireless Push | online.wsj.com

Without a competitive landscape, AT&T is free to dictate whatever pricing structure the want for iPhone data plans. AT&T is currently stifling application innovation for the iPhone due to restrictions they are placing on applications which utilize their bandwidth, despite the high cost and "unlimited" nature of these plans. When users adopt a platforn such as the iPhone as a means of performing important day to day activities, it is quite discomforting to be forced to accept the terms of only one service provider, since there is no other choice.

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