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Ah but....
I think I read that Apple went to a variety of vendors and in the end At&t was the
only one who wanted to play. So the the two companies decided on agreeable
terms and the rest is history. I don't for instance thing that say Verison was willing
to give Apple some of it's monthly fee money and without that in theory at least
Apple would have made MUCH less doing business with them. Not sure who
wanted what but I think the exclusivity deal was At&ts idea.... still in the end Apple
did get a pretty good deal out of it. I wonder what the others did or did not like
and why they decided as they did?

Pagan jim
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Locking into a single carrier was a bad idea  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
And give up the monthly fees?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/08
The problem is that they're NOT getting monthly fees . . .  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
Give and take....  James Quinn | 01/29/08
Apple assumed everybody would go to AT&T  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
Ah but....  James Quinn | 01/29/08
"pretty good" being a relative term  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
Perhaps if Apple had made deals with all the carriers  tikigawd | 01/31/08
How it works  tikigawd | 01/31/08
Exactlly, so why would they  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/08
How about  tikigawd | 01/31/08
A new age, you'll find it hard to lock in  Boot_Agnostic | 01/29/08
AT&T service is so bad that...  JonathonDoe | 01/29/08
hmmm  voska1 | 01/29/08
I thought it was Sprint.  HouseOfZen | 01/29/08
I'll second that  wolfsouls | 01/30/08
i feel you, man  anidnmeno@... | 01/30/08
Amen to that  tikigawd | 01/31/08
Silly....  James Quinn | 01/29/08
Old business theory.  Joe_Racer | 01/29/08
Apple is known for underestimating  voska1 | 01/29/08
New theory means ....  kd5auq | 01/29/08
If you were a publicly traded company  tikigawd | 01/31/08
Why the agreement with AT&T in the first place  Prime Detailer | 01/29/08
Actually it was Cingular  MarcB_z | 01/30/08
Apple doesn't mind the unlocked...  bjbrock | 01/29/08
They don't mind a $500 million loss?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/08
Don't pay attention too rumors.... they'll get you every time!  James Quinn | 01/30/08
Maybe Apple should stop......  arminw | 01/30/08
In Belgium...  j.dupont | 01/29/08
France too, but  MarcB_z | 01/30/08
The US is 25 years behind the times.  kraterz | 01/29/08
You need to get out more...  spidermac | 01/30/08
25 years?  wolfsouls | 01/30/08
No Problem with AT&T, They Just Locked Out Businesses  ericseba | 01/30/08
RE: A quarter of Apple iPhones may be 'unlocked'  alan@... | 01/30/08
That's funny!!  wolfsouls | 01/30/08
RE: Unlocking iPhones  John_Doe69 | 01/30/08
How many are just sitting on shelves?  A.Sinic | 01/31/08
Maybe if Steve gave a keynote speech against it  Boot_Agnostic | 01/31/08
or maybe  Boot_Agnostic | 02/02/08

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