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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Would you be willing to buy a Sony tv if it only worked with one specific cable/satellite provider and didn't work if you tried to use another company's service?
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Ah, but if the TV is subsidized by the cable company; then I would.
Once again, a closer example would be a digital cable terminal. I would not expect to buy a Rogers DCT and have it work here on Shaw.
From what I read; AT&T paid some bucks to have sole use of the iPhone. And even the people who buy it off contract get a bit of a subsidy.
I really like the BIOS/motherboard example given earlier. IMHO that is the best analogy.