In article <ddfr-041555.15223625112007@news.isp.giganews.com>,
David Friedman <ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com> wrote:

> In article
> <linuxlovesosx-7C389E.11385925112007@mpls-nnrp-06.inet.qwest.net>,
> Oxford <linuxlovesosx@superart.com> wrote:
>
> > but why would you use the obsolete EDGE network OR the obsolete 3G
> > network? MOST iPhone users are going to use the faster 802.11 connection
> > anyway. You only use EDGE or 3G if you are in a remote area.
>
> I don't think this is correct. Do you have any actual data to support
> the (implied) claim that most people in the U.S. are in range of either
> a free WiFi network or one they already have bought the right to use? I
> would have thought it was a small minority.
>
> That might change at some point in the past, but current buyers are
> going to be basing their decisions on what is currently available.

Oops. That should have been:

"That might change at some point in the future."

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