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Leap, Metro PCS Fight Over Flat Rates

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SkillciaX

Aug 23, 2006, 2:20 PM

Why Can't...

They both just have flat rates? I mean T-Mobile, cingular, Verizon, Sprint and so forth all have whenever minutes, nights and weekends, Family Plans? Why should this be any different, regardless of a patent?
It's a fight to see who first coined the flat unlimited rate. I think it's an attempt to have exclusicity (i dont know a better made up word for it) to the flat rates. It's one rate unlimited...but it's kids fighting over "I said that first, you're ju...
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And I guess they will follow suit with TMobile, cingular, verizon, Sprint, etc. as they all offer unlimited/flat rate minute plans as well.
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roamer1

Aug 24, 2006, 11:19 PM

What's Leap trying to gain?

It seems a bit odd to me that Leap would be going after a company that doesn't compete directly with them in any market...I could see them going after smaller/rural carriers that compete directly with them, but Metro? This would be like, say, Cablevision suing Comcast over infringement of a patent related to cable TV; it just doesn't make sense.

IMO, "business method" patents are a bad idea by their very nature, especially when the patent the obvious (as seems to be the case here.)
theyellowdart

Aug 23, 2006, 3:33 PM

we might as well

give Golden Corral(if you have one of those) the rights to all-you-can-eat. 🙄 This is retarded.
I hate Cricket
Yeah, we had a Golden Corral here. You beat me to it, I was going to make some comment about Sizzler getting a piece of the action.


And yes, this is retarded, but then again we already knew our copyright and patent laws are insane. Or maybe it'...
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