[Rabid_Gypsy]

I think that this is bogus, what makes the gov't think they need to do this? If I want the new shiny toy but my carrier doesn't offer it, I chooses to drop my carrier or wait for them to get their own even newer shiny toy. Is the gov't going to pay manufacturers extra money to not be exclusive? Or just force the consumer to pay more because the carriers aren't going to subsidise the phone as much because they aren't drawing in new customers from other carriers? What's next? Every manufacturer has to build a GSM and CDMA handset and release them at the same time?