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The Bob - 11 Jun 2008 04:20 GMT

AT&T's iPhone Shift To Cost Up To $1 Billion A Year

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806100918DOWJONESDJO
NLINE000303_FORTUNE5.htm

You have to wonder who's head is gonna roll at AT&T for locking them into a
five-year deal with this white elephant.

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Ron - 11 Jun 2008 14:16 GMT

>AT&T's iPhone Shift To Cost Up To $1 Billion A Year
>
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>You have to wonder who's head is gonna roll at AT&T for locking them into a
>five-year deal with this white elephant.

If you read more than the first paragraph, you'd see that instead of
giving Apple $!0/month per iPhone user, ATT will subsidize the price
of the iPhone by $200.

So until 20 months have past they are in the hole, but after that its
pure gravy.

Trade some now, for a lot later.

ATT is thrilled with the sales of iPhones, thrilled with sales of data
plans, thrilled that 50% of iPhone customers come from other carriers,
and bring relatives or family members with them.

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Larry - 11 Jun 2008 21:13 GMT

> So until 20 months have past they are in the hole, but after that its
> pure gravy.

Do you think that glitzy-loving iPhone users are going to sit there staring
at what few things they can do besides browse some webpages....for 20
months??

They MIGHT make money for those 4 months extra the contract lasts before
they churn to the NEXT generation of glitzy goodies....

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