Re: Contracts. Why?

"LHA" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:zCsgj.3377$El5.2810@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> If the cellular companies provided the service and sup****t that their 
> customers desire and deserve, they would NOT need to lock us in with
long, 
> expensive contracts.

Not true.  Historically contracts were used by carriers to recover the
costs 
of phones, which tended to cost much more than most people were willing to

"pony up" for.  In other words, the marketing guys figured out it's easier
to 
sell a phone for $39 and then have them subscribe for, say, $40/mo than
sell a 
phone for $239 and subscribe for $30/mo.