Except that in the `30's it still only took 10 minutes to top off and you were on the next 200-mile leg of your trip. Batteries and charging have a long way to go and may never catch up to that level of convenience.

What did you expect to happen if it didn't get killed? One less competitor plus the expense of the merger and they would have raised their rates in a heartbeat. And since that competition was gone, so would Verizon. Absolutely NO good would befall the consumer if the merger was allowed.

Not everywhere requires insurance to cover a 3rd party. In the state of Michigan for example, we are a no-fault state. Your auto insurance covers you and your car. In this way, if I own a Ferrari and someone else runs it over, my insurance pays for it, not theirs. This was done to put a stop to the rampant lawsuits and insurance companies refusing to pay claims based on fault.

Except that if you lost your job in a higher level profession, you can't get hired to stock shelves or mow lawns because any potential employer expects that you'll abandon them at the first opportunity for a job more suited to your education...and they're right.

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In business, EVERYTHING has to do with money. It doesn't matter how much cash they have, the goal of a business is to profit and to increase profits. Period.

Do you really think they haven't already thought of this?

I can go one better.....

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Where are my mod points when I really want them?

Some of mine certainly do

Except Consumer Reports tested it in a shielded lab environment and it failed. As far as infrastructure goes, it doesn't get any better than that.