To break out of the cycle, the carriers need to take stronger medicine, experts say.

Prices for voice minutes are falling, so cellphone carriers need new sources of revenue.

Not every big-league carrier needs a hub in, say, Atlanta.

That said, the carrier does need help from its workers in order to survive.

But industry experts say the carriers need to try something.

At present, though, carriers need time to install systems that will cost them billions.

But to do so, carriers would need to raise prices.

Can extend time within which carriers need to comply with this act.

Many carriers need as much as 65 percent of the seats filled to break even.

The carriers still need to be forced to unbundle the service from the subsidy.