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The carrier is what the major battleship was in WW2: a basket for too many eggs.

And then the argument is that this is just intended to encode Japanese carrier emoji.

The phone is removed from the equation when selecting a carrier, and consumers can change carriers on a whim with no penalty.

> And then the argument is that this is just intended to encode Japanese carrier emoji.

We have a choice in wireless carrier here in the US but still most folks aren't terribly pleased with theirs.

The only downside to Will Call is that, in order to use it the carrier has to have attempted a delivery.

They should follow transportation/telephone/common-carrier rules, because they're just as necessary to life in modern society.

Arguably, they might be analogous to a common carrier with regard to their paid services.

A cheap, desirable phone that's not locked in to a carrier via a contract could, potentially, force intense competition on rates.

The asymmetric threat should make the carrier extinct pretty soon, and this should have been taken into account even during the JSF project.

If US does not have those carrier combat groups, China wouldn't care either.

They're supposed to act as a platform and a common carrier for others.

As it goes by, a drone is dispatched to take the package a couple of blocks to the person's doorstep and then returns to the "aircraft carrier".

I can't think of any reason for China to have carrier groups steaming around the Atlantic other than "lookin' for trouble."

I believe the ultimate solution will be a combination of the two: You have an automated road vehicle that acts as an "aircraft carrier" for drones.