That's true with Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. But not T-Mobile. As soon as you pay for the phone, you're monthly bill goes down. Also, if you bring your own device, you get that dropped rate immediately.

T-Mobile has a truly unlimited data plan, which is on their HSPA+ as well as LTE, if available. Granted, their LTE coverage pretty much sucks as of right now but should be much improved by the end of the year.

And, I agree about the downgrading the voice experience though. Not a very elegant solution. However, Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) should solve this, and most major carriers (AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile) are planning to implement this either in 2013 or 2014.

Dude, you're not the only one who can post as AC!! They're not trying to impersonate you. That's just how the system works. Everybody can be AC.

"Yaaaay, Math!" (Shameless Breaking Bad quote.) Seeing that this is Slashdot, I would have thought that the GP would have actually done the math himself instead of just blindly quoting some sensationalist blog site. Thans for taking the time to post that.

If you're main problem is just inside, you can switch to Wifi, including Wifi calling. You'd have great coverage at home (assuming here that you have a wireless router and broadband connection).

... and then mohtballing it a couple of years later.

They do exist! And I'm offended that you say otherwise. Why do you think we named the planets after them?

So, I take it the names Mars, Venus, and Jupiter somehow offend you, too?

I agree. I'm not even sure if you could call a General Manager and a Director part of "IT". They're management. Yes, they may have worked in the IT department, but they're not really IT. I've seen too many organizations, including my current company, where there are just way too many "Directors", and none of them have a clue, and, personally, I wish we would get rid of some of these "inefficiencies" around the office.

Then they put their training into use and go from training rounds to live rounds.

Don't start another one. You need 100,000 signatures for the new petitions from now on.

Probably a lot more accurate than a person, as long as it's entered correctly. If the order-taker can adjust things like light this, extra that, or hold the mayo, then the robot can also adjust how much they put on. Not that difficult.

That is absolutely not true. Just because the Fed can regulate something, doesn't mean the states can't. Look at alcohol. The Feds regulate alcohol, but also states have their own laws for alcohol. The NY law is actually a great example of how it's supposed to work. More laws should be passed at the state level instead of looking for the federal govt to pass sweeping changes that applies to everybody. This is what is killing our legal system. Maybe the people in NY really want those laws but the people in Georgia or Montana find them completely unreasonable. Well, if we leave it up to the states, then each state can do what it wants. We need to quit looking to the federal govt to pass laws like this.

Basically, it's just like extracting oil from tar sands. Until very recently it was just not economically viable to get oil that way. However, once the price of oil hit a certain mark, then it was. Ocean mining for minerals is the same way. At the moment, it's not economically viable. At some point in the future, it will be.

Or you just put all the patients together that have the flu and assign the nurses who didn't get the vaccination to them. They'll all eventually get the flu and can then be moved back to regular rotation. Or you just assign those nurses the crap jobs around the hospital that don't involved patient interaction - scrubbing toilets, doing laundry, data entry, etc....