What does “Hotel Califonia” mean?
I am a beginner in English. Can someone kindly tell me what do below words mean?
Thanks.
Lawmaker described iphone as a “Hotel California” service.
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In the song, the hotel represents an addiction that once you enter it, you can’t leave it.
“You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER leave.”
The lawmaker probably means that once you buy the iPhone, your are addicted, and the contract is set up in such a way that makes it difficult for you to end service.
Parts of the Eagles’ song Hotel California go like this:
“You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER leave”
Markey described the phone as a “‘Hotel California’ service. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave — you’re stuck with your iPhone and you can’t take it anywhere.”
The issue arose at a hearing on whether Congress should grant the cell phone industry’s wish and preempt states from regulating wireless phone companies. State public utility commissions have no authority over pricing on wireless plans, but do have the authority to regulate the terms and conditions of wireless service agreements.
The wireless industry opposes what Verizon Wireless general counsel Steven Zipperstein called “patchwork, utility-style regulation” as “unnecessary and harmful.”