Want a cool new iPhone, but don't like AT&T's pricing or service? Too bad, you're stuck. Own a Blackberry Storm, but hate Verizon? Tough luck, you're stuck.
Eight of the 10 most popular phones and wireless devices on the market today are shackled by "exclusivity deals" -- meaning you can only get service from a certain provider.
In Asia, 80 percent of cell phones sold can work on any network. But in the United States, you're either stuck with one company, or your phone is effectively worthless. That's not a free market, that's just un-American!
Tell Congress to change the wireless market, and free our phones so we can shop around for the phone we want, and the service deal we want.
2:15 pm PST, Nov 21,Sophie Ginsburger-Vogel, France
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9:49 am PST, Nov 21,DORIS IHEKANDU, Connecticut
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9:20 am PST, Nov 21,Joy Nishioka, North Carolina
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8:17 am PST, Nov 21,Katie Thicke, Canada
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6:44 am PST, Nov 21,Gade Duerksen, Florida
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6:18 am PST, Nov 21,Geoffrey Yost, Indiana
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5:25 am PST, Nov 21,Name not displayed, Delaware
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4:35 am PST, Nov 21,S Smith, New York
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4:10 am PST, Nov 21,Dennis Ledden, California
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12:33 am PST, Nov 21,Name not displayed, Sweden
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10:47 pm PST, Nov 20,Julee Morton, California
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9:03 pm PST, Nov 20,Eddie Floyd II, Michigan
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8:21 pm PST, Nov 20,Leo Lee, Texas
I thought we lived in the land of free markets. Wait, the land owned by the market...
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7:18 pm PST, Nov 20,Elissa Weindling, New York
We will not get those "smart phones" until we can use them with companies whose politics do not work against us.
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6:03 pm PST, Nov 20,Paula Zerzan, California
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5:34 pm PST, Nov 20,Ann Ewing, Tennessee
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4:24 pm PST, Nov 20,Dave Kisor, Hawaii
Welcome to the Corporate States of Amerika. The government will investigate you after you upgrade their service.
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4:19 pm PST, Nov 20,Dana Adams, Florida
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4:04 pm PST, Nov 20,Marc Rubin, New Jersey
So tired of getting ripped off by nearly every large corporation in America. Just sick of it, to the point where I just don't to buy anything anymore.
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3:34 pm PST, Nov 20,R Behling, Wisconsin
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3:24 pm PST, Nov 20,Susan Noss, MS, RD, Colorado
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3:21 pm PST, Nov 20,Steven Ungles, California
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3:12 pm PST, Nov 20,Tammy McDonald, Illinois
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2:49 pm PST, Nov 20,Martha Jackson, California
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2:47 pm PST, Nov 20,Chris Lanane, California
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2:37 pm PST, Nov 20,Amy Trujillo, New Mexico
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2:34 pm PST, Nov 20,Julie Riffle, Illinois
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2:30 pm PST, Nov 20,Patricia Roeske, Pennsylvania
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2:21 pm PST, Nov 20,John Westcott, Massachusetts
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2:11 pm PST, Nov 20,Pamela Standridge, Nevada
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12:34 pm PST, Nov 20,Jessica Cresseveur, Indiana
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10:48 am PST, Nov 20,Melissa Johnson, Illinois
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9:17 am PST, Nov 20,Kelly Cirone, Missouri
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7:37 am PST, Nov 20,Linda Isham, New Jersey
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7:29 am PST, Nov 20,Katarzyna Gawron, Poland
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5:31 am PST, Nov 20,Bogdan Dryomin, Russian Federation
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4:52 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Ecuador
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12:38 am PST, Nov 20,Andreas Kjallman, Sweden
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10:28 pm PST, Nov 19,Teresa Mac Tavish, Canada
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7:07 pm PST, Nov 19,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
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6:26 pm PST, Nov 19,Robin Phoenix, California
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10:53 am PST, Nov 19,Tristan Taber, Iowa
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9:26 am PST, Nov 19,Deborah Sparks, Florida
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8:34 am PST, Nov 19,Name not displayed, New York
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8:14 am PST, Nov 19,Debbi Holden-Baker, Maryland
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7:57 am PST, Nov 19,Don Thwing, Michigan
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8:42 pm PST, Nov 18,Kilynn Keesling, Nebraska
i was a alltell customer then verison took over and now i am behind on my bill beacuse some how charges ended up on my bill that i never baught and i have tried to get it resolved and verison wont do anything about it so all i keep doing is falling more and more behind and my contract dose not end for like 18 monts from now and all i want to do is get out of it with out a fee for doing so please free us from contracts and large bills from cell phone compneys that have too munch money all ready
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7:26 pm PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, Arizona
I live in a remote area of the country and travel a great deal. The phone I currently have does not have service in many of the places I go, yet I am having to wait until my contract runs out before I can switch networks. This is not a convenience issue -- it's a safety issue!
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3:30 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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12:59 pm PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, Hawaii
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12:57 pm PST, Nov 18,Michael Fitzgerald, New York
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9:56 am PST, Nov 18,Christopher Coco, California
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8:36 am PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, California
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8:10 pm PST, Nov 17,Neal Jeffries, Florida
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4:50 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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2:48 pm PST, Nov 17,Randy Loar, Oklahoma
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11:41 am PST, Nov 17,Linda Malinowski, Pennsylvania