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Many of you have excellent points throughout this whole comment/questions issues related to one provider under one household, antitrust laws, ability to use the device with more than one provider, choosing different provider instead of one, and so forth. That does helps to clarify and to understand something among each other. I, thank you, all for it.
I have questions and hope to get some answers and clarification on the concepts, not related to VRS itself. I am going to illustrate an example along with questions and hope to get some answers regarding to it if possible.
I used to own a 3650 Nokia cell phone model, which is definitely out of date at this point. I do recalled having different providers at different locations and towers. For example, my cell phone provider was under T-mobile. I lived in a small city and had Epstein as my local area to utilize text message to whomever I sent to. Then, I would go over to my sister’s place and would be under Cingular phone company, which is now under AT & T. Also, when I traveled to other place, I would see different companies on my cell phones at different locations. In other words, all of the companies had worked together to make it possible for the cell phone callers to call from anywhere except for places that do not have towers.
There are several questions to this particular concept. While using different providers and locations during my travels throughout USA, how does the funding for those cell phone companies operate? In other words, does T-mobile have an agreement with those companies to channel a certain portion of the monies to each of those companies? How does FCC comes to play with those primary and non-primary cell phone companies? Does FCC provide monetary support for those non-primary cell phone companies?
Since this whole issues of sharing the VRS and TRS fundings, what and how will the funds be distribute to the primary and non-primary VRS/TRS? How will you all share the same general funds from the FCC? I understand that some of the VRS/TRS will support with each other despite of the competition especially we live in capitalist country. Can someone help me to understand better?
I hope I am asking the right questions in regards to VRS/TRS issue. Forgive me. Thank you.