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To: Bill Wolf who wrote (107559)	12/6/2011 11:15:38 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Respond to of 197155

Barbarian hostage-takers trying to avoid providing a big dumb pipe: <Google Inc. said late on Monday that Verizon Wireless is blocking it from installing an app called Google Wallet on a new line of smartphones powered by its Android software.......Verizon has teamed up with rival carriers AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA on a joint venture that also lets people make payments and redeem offers via their smartphones. That competing project, called Isis, is expected to begin trials next year.> Must be time for some "anti-trust" lawsuits. Mqurice