Posts by Neil Birchall

Germany to Nokia: Give us back our subsidies

exploitation?

How can workers be exploited if the cost of living is lower? In places like India and Romania the wages reflect the cost of living just as they do in western Europe. Unfortunately the cost of living is higher here.

I do think that government subsidies for foreign firms are the wrong way to go. If Germany doesn't get its money back through the courts then I'm sure that Nokia will feel the pinch when it tries to sell its products there in the future.

The only people who will lose out in this instance are the German taxpayers but it still doesn't make it right. Nokia were exploiting Germany in this case

Vodafone takes one on the chin for billing problems

Re:"this part of the site will be down for a short while"

Same here. I have only been a vodafone customer for a short while but I'm beginning to think that O2 really weren't that bad.

Offering a paper bill for no charge really isn't an answer to the problem, I should be able to see how many minutes I have left, what numbers I have called etc whenever I want. The site is so slow it feels as if it is being hosted on a zx81 with a 14k modem. Their web team needs the sack.

Apple slashes iPhone prices

only $200?

They should have knocked even more off - as an object lesson to those obnoxious "gotta be the first to have" bleedin' (edge) Idiots who delight in whipping their latest toy out in an effort to prove how much better they are than the rest of us.