Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote in news:linuxlovesosx-
432F91.12591301122007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:

> This rings true of what I've been saying all along, it appears even AT&T
> is now scared of Apple and its business intentions...

Hardly, moron.

>
> Keep in mind, the iPhone is only one small update away from making EVERY
> iPhone compatible with VoIP, then simply dropping the old cell network
> like a hot potato.


Which will make it nothing more than an overpriced iPod.

>
> AT&T needs to be very careful here, Apple is a much stronger company, so
> they need to play nice or end up like IBM.

You mean they'll kick the crap out of Apple products?

>
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>
> Important Parts Here:
>
> What I believe is troubling the relationship between AT&T and Apple is
> the upcoming auction for 700-MHz wireless spectrum and AT&T's discovery
> that -- as I have predicted for weeks -- Apple will be joining Google in
> bidding.


Actually, they won't. You're making this up. Google has stated that they
will be bidding without any partnerships.



> AT&T thought its five-year "exclusive" iPhone agreement with
> Apple would have precluded such a bid, but that just shows how poorly
> Randall Stephenson understood Steve Jobs.

No- AT&T figured out what a piece of crap they were sold.