"Their answer is that this is a major network upgrade and nobody wants to mess with the network if they don't have to."

Once those network upgrades are done and paid for, why should you keep paying for them?

Also, network upgrades of features are available with certain operators.

The first will be completing the $100 million digital network upgrade now well under way.

I imagine that would pay for a few network upgrades.

The worse part about this though is that they are definitely neglecting network upgrades.

Ms. Warner and other analysts also said network upgrades were largely complete in the industry, which should further improve returns on capital.

Who will pay for safety costs and network upgrade - the passenger or the taxpayer?

Following the 2001 municipal elections, a new phase of network upgrades was approved.

Think of it as the cell companies' way of trying to recoup all the money they put into those network upgrades.