Linked by Kroc Camen on Wed 17th Dec 2008 19:32 UTC, submitted by risbac
The French competition council has ordered the iPhone be opened up to other French carriers (Google-translated), breaking the exclusivity deal with Orange (France Telecom). The complaint was filed by France's third largest operator Bouygues Telecom who said that the deal violated local competition laws. Though the ruling [fr] is temporary whilst the issue is investigated further, the ruling did state that the arrangement reduced the effects of price competition, network quality and customer service.
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RE: Canada next? (fingers crossed)
by h3rman on Wed 17th Dec 2008 22:01
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Member since:2006-08-09
Yes, ánd you're living in an official dictatorship with this Harper dude.
What a jerk, I know how it feels we've got a very similar type over here in the Netherlands.
Great opportunity though. Because now you get to know how it feels to live in a dictatorship. Tell me, any difference? Any chance of US Army comin' over to "liberate" ya? :-P
RE[2]: Canada next? (fingers crossed)
by StephenBeDoper on Wed 17th Dec 2008 22:30
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Member since:2005-07-06
Great opportunity though. Because now you get to know how it feels to live in a dictatorship. Tell me, any difference? Any chance of US Army comin' over to "liberate" ya? :-P
The biggest effect is that the previous Liberal PMs have retroactively become much more popular.
Luckily, Harper's conservatives haven't managed to win anything more than a very slim minority government - so they haven't had the power to do any real damage (thank the Ineffable Bob for parliamentary democracy).
It's not looking like he'll be around much longer, either - he had to pro-rogue parliament just to avoid a vote of no confidence. And I think he's left a bad taste in the mouths of many people by trying to bring US-style inflammatory "talking-point" rhetoric into Canadian politics (their most recent tactics could be a copy-paste from the Karl Rove playbook).
RE: Canada next? (fingers crossed)
by Headrush on Thu 18th Dec 2008 03:15
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Member since:2006-01-03
Maybe if we ever manage to get rid that twit Stephen Harper, the CRTC might actually get their (expletive deleted) together and do the same thing here. Especially since this is now the most expensive country in the world to own / use an iPhone.
Like the two are related, the CRTC been misguided long before the PCs took power. With Bell finally moving to a 3G network within the next few years maybe that will be the start of some reasonable competition in Canada with the iPhone.
RE[2]: Canada next? (fingers crossed)
by StephenBeDoper on Thu 18th Dec 2008 03:29
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Member since:2005-07-06
Like the two are related, the CRTC been misguided long before the PCs took power.
Under the Harper government, the CRTC has managed to surpass even *their* typical levels of incompetency.
With Bell finally moving to a 3G network within the next few years maybe that will be the start of some reasonable competition in Canada with the iPhone.
Does that include a move to GPRS? Last I checked, Bell / Telus was CDMA-only - which effectively rules them out as a carrier of the iPhone, even if they have been pretty gung-ho to hawk their consolation prize (aka, the Samsung Instinct).
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Maybe if we ever manage to get rid that twit Stephen Harper, the CRTC might actually get their (expletive deleted) together and do the same thing here. Especially since this is now the most expensive country in the world to own / use an iPhone.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/10/tech-iphoneindex.html...