Iphoney judged by congress today

Although the title of the hearing is "Wireless Innovation and Consumer Protection" most of Washington is calling it the Iphone hearing.

Committee Chairman Ed Markey is keen on unbundling phones from such uncompetitive and unfair deals.

A person who buys a phone should be able to take their device with them, to whichever network provider is offering them a better deal."

Also being looked at are comments from Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC, who wants an open national data network, five times faster than AT&T's EDGE.

According to Tech Blorge, other parts of the Fruitzilla deal such as the closed network model behind it are also being looked at. If the sub-committee does not like Apple's doings it might just order an end to such deals.

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