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Want to be a job creator? Stop using that crappy old cellphone, you cheapskate, and upgrade to 4G. I've been a job creator for almost a year now and should be getting my tax cut any day now
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Arkanaut
2012-01-19 09:43:33 AM
Is the 4G that's actually 4G or the fake 4G?
mytdawg
2012-01-19 09:44:28 AM
I bet all the 4LTE jobs are outsourced.
HotIgneous Intruder
2012-01-19 09:45:16 AM
That's some spectacular flaming nonsense right there.
Cheesus
2012-01-19 09:46:05 AM
Plus if you spend a lot more money, you'll be put in a lower tax bracket, meaning you'll actually earn more money by spending more!
Headso
2012-01-19 09:48:09 AM
The nationwide switch from 2G to 3G technology led to the creation of 1.6 million jobs, the study's authors concluded.
How many jobs would it create if we just went right to 1 Brazillion G?
SkunkWerks
2012-01-19 09:49:00 AM
Psst. The communications and transportation infrastructure in this country is in DIRE need of an overhaul.
WHAR JORBS?! WHAR?!?!
compgenius3
2012-01-19 09:49:41 AM
Happy to do my part
Jake Havechek
2012-01-19 09:49:50 AM
Can you suck your own dick as well?
threadjackistan
2012-01-19 09:51:57 AM
Headso
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The nationwide switch from 2G to 3G technology led to the creation of 1.6 million jobs, the study's authors concluded.
How many jobs would it create if we just went right to 1 Brazillion G?
Plenty, but only in South America.
styckx
2012-01-19 09:52:25 AM
Ugh.. Why are they making it sound as if 4G coverage is equal to 3G coverage? 4G is only reliable if you're stationary. The signal is easily blocked, tons of dead zones. I live in a heavy 4G coverage area and I only trust it when I'll be somewhere for extended periods of time. Throw on Pandora and drive around and you're just going to have a bunch of cut outs as the service is lost, regained, lost, regained, lost, regained.
AlwaysRightBoy
2012-01-19 09:52:55 AM
That lady in the picture looks like she's on a buffet line.
4G nom nom nom
Random Discord
2012-01-19 09:53:04 AM
Headso
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The nationwide switch from 2G to 3G technology led to the creation of 1.6 million jobs, the study's authors concluded.
How many jobs would it create if we just went right to 1 Brazillion G?
1.6 million new jobs...so how many jobs were lost during the same period?
HotIgneous Intruder
2012-01-19 09:53:56 AM
You can bet your last dime that one or more congress critters will cite this "research" on the house or senate floor while justifying tax breaks for some or other telecom special interest.
1) Get "research" done.
2) Show it to congress critters
3) Slop at the money trough
ElVee
2012-01-19 09:56:59 AM
I'm still waiting for my tax rebate for all the porn industry jobs I've personally created.
baggins2000
2012-01-19 09:57:53 AM
"Frankly, I didn't expect the numbers to be as good as they were," said Robert Shapiro, co-author of the study and former undersecretary of commerce during the Clinton administration. "We all knew there was job destruction associated with advancements in Internet technologies, but this proves that the job creation is significantly greater."
What it proves is that somebody is freaking looney tunes in the head.
"There is nothing linear about what people do with new technology," he said. "New generations of wireless networks create new use cases and businesses. We don't have a lot of data yet for 4G, but we have confidence that the effects we saw before will at least be duplicated, if not enhanced."
Why are you collecting data? You already wrote a paper and proved it.
HotIgneous Intruder
2012-01-19 09:58:26 AM
Article link to methodology gets me the 404 error.
Figures.
Imperialism
2012-01-19 09:59:36 AM
Are they sure that the correlation is THAT and not maybe "People get jobs, so people have money, so they upgrade their cell phone plan?"
blackheart666
2012-01-19 10:01:19 AM
Don't care.
Vodka Zombie
2012-01-19 10:04:51 AM
Damn... I'm only 3G.
I will never escape this dreary, endless nightmare of middle-management.
trappedspirit
2012-01-19 10:05:31 AM
A job creator? Like a Dr. Frankenstein kind of construction?
VimFuego
2012-01-19 10:05:56 AM
Headso
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The nationwide switch from 2G to 3G technology led to the creation of 1.6 million jobs, the study's authors concluded.
How many jobs would it create if we just went right to 1 Brazillion G?
letthepossumlive
2012-01-19 10:10:33 AM
Never had a cell phone. I guess the poverty is my fault.
fireclown
2012-01-19 10:13:51 AM
HotIgneous Intruder
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Article link to methodology gets me the 404 error.
Hmm. Sounds like you work for mythbusters. I think they must have the same problem.
x-caliber
2012-01-19 10:15:43 AM
Hmm...they also say that buying a house will create jobs. So I should just buy more houses! and spend more money on 4G phones....1 for everyone, even the dog.
Eventually, I'll spend more than I make and will need to raise my household debt ceiling.
MBooda
2012-01-19 10:22:31 AM
I'll just leave this here.
/correlation≠causation
Hobodeluxe
2012-01-19 10:30:44 AM
if you want to fix the economy it's simple.
Buy American
Vkingbanna
2012-01-19 10:33:00 AM
TFA
The growth of 4G networks will lead to job creation in a wide array of industries. Smartphone and tablet makers will ramp up production of 4G phones
All of which are made in China. At least we're stimulating SOMEBODYs economy.
CygnusDarius
2012-01-19 10:33:57 AM
Make a 4G cellphone as durable as this:
And then we'll talk.
/Seriously
//Those phones are inmortal
R.A.Danny
2012-01-19 10:34:45 AM
Hobodeluxe
:
if you want to fix the economy it's simple. Buy American
I'm bookmarking that.
heypete
2012-01-19 10:41:50 AM
CygnusDarius
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Make a 4G cellphone as durable as this:
[i3.kym-cdn.com image 300x300]
And then we'll talk.
/Seriously
//Those phones are inmortal
It's only 3G outside the US/Canada (but works on 2G GSM networks anywhere), but
this phone
is damn near indestructible.
It's also water (and beer) proof. I've tested this first-hand (alcohol may have been a factor) and I could receive calls even with the phone immersed in a sink full of water and (later) a liter of beer in Munich's Oktoberfest.
Slaves2Darkness
2012-01-19 10:57:51 AM
Ha! Ha! Suck it you unemployed 99ers, I'm still using a six year old AT&T Go Phone.
neritz
2012-01-19 10:59:01 AM
Hobodeluxe
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if you want to fix the economy it's simple. Buy American
That's a bookmark
kab
2012-01-19 11:08:09 AM
Actually, I'll be getting out of the whole 'smartphone' deal entirely as soon as this contract is up, but thanks anyhow.
kkinnison
2012-01-19 11:10:52 AM
I live in La Crosse wisconsin. There is no 4G withen a 2 hour drive of me. Why would i waste my money on 4G? I am mayor of practically every business in foursquare
thelordofcheese
2012-01-19 11:52:00 AM
Yeah, jobs in customer service to placate complaints of bad reception and low bandwidth.
Loaf's Tray
2012-01-19 12:24:57 PM
CygnusDarius
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/Seriously
//Those phones are inmortal
...bionic implants?
Nick Nostril
2012-01-19 12:31:14 PM
No thanks!
/ I spend less in a year for my plan than most people do in a month, and it works fine for me
// off my lawn
Big Man On Campus
2012-01-19 12:38:07 PM
CygnusDarius
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Make a 4G cellphone as durable as this:
[i3.kym-cdn.com image 300x300]
And then we'll talk.
/Seriously
//Those phones are inmortal
Or you could simply not play ice hockey with your cell phone on you.
/still has every mobile phone he's ever owned in perfect working condition.
Jon iz teh kewl
2012-01-20 06:12:43 AM
AlwaysRightBoy
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That lady in the picture looks like she's on a buffet line.
4G nom nom nom
Maybe she has one of those "All You Can Eat" plans. For $99.99 a month.
wambu
2012-01-20 08:09:01 AM
Let's just skip to 5G -- it's one G better.
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