"Part of Android's beauty is that OEM customisations allow consumers to vote with their feet."

It isn't that easy in the US. Most people get locked into two year contracts. Changing hardware or carriers before the contract ends comes at a price.

The networks won't be able to sell advertising if everyone is able to skip ads.

Maybe people wouldn't want to skip the ads if they thought the were informative, relative to their needs, and not intrusive. Perhaps the TV advertising companies need to rethink things .... perhaps not.

If they don't go after him doesn't it show some kind of prejudice? :-)

iTunes is one of the worst applications IMHO. Counter intuitive, stubborn, ughh ... Most people I know (PC and Mac users) agree somewhat but it is a necessary evil.

We ditched land line and TV service last summer. Currently we watch OTA, Hulu Plus, and Netflix (DVD and stream). None of us feel like we are missing anything worth the cost of TV service. Amazon Prime may get added to the list.

I suggest everyone read up on that ruling and understand it was applied to a very specific situation.

"lined with turns of tape" makes the network geek in me picture this as STP.

You do realize they sold many WiMax phones with the understanding that they would build out the WiMax network. They did very little WiMax expansion. Was that the plan all along or poor planning? Either way the customers lose and some will leave Sprint.

Can he defend their WiMax flub? Can he defend contracting with a company that has a non-existant LTE solution?

I follow you but you need to realize that not every corporation is publicly traded or has stakeholders they are beholden to.