Scott wrote:
> John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
> news:t3etr2187g0fm8jgajl9tnfo48bbbvf1m0@4ax.com:
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>> Yeah, right. Can you say, "Sour grapes?"
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> Yeah, right. Can you say, "blinded by ignorance?"

Whether or not Verizon made the right decision in no acceding to Apple's
demands remains to be seen. The key question is how many new subscribers
the iPhone brings to Cingular, that would have gone elsewhere if not for
the iPhone. Verizon is doing so much better than Cingular right now in
terms of new post-paid subscribers, that maybe they just decided that
they didn't have to give away the store to Apple.

It is very interesting that Apple first tried to do a deal with Verizon.
Clearly they saw the value of partnering with the carrier that has the
best network in the U.S..