 nycdave
MVM
join:1999-11-16
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Fact Check Turned Off?Verizon funny math, or buyers remorse for paying $1450 bucks for a Google device???? |
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robbyglack
Anon
2014-Jun-23 12:22 pm
what ?100MB is nothing. this makes no sense. verizon takes a PR hit for somehting that i am sure costs them very little. |
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Where was this promo advertised?If it was on a Web site, then archive.org should have grabbed a copy. |
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for those of you who are verizon customers you know their billing systems are about as bad as it gets and many times the agents cant help. Google Play - They are in a league of idiots...Google's customer service is like the keystone cops. I went through two generations of broken phones--no more.. The only good thing is that you can actually get a bogus app reversed on your account past the remorse window. Im sure the 10 people that bought one it would cost Verizon practically nothing, but if I had a dollar for billing and feature mess ups I would actually have a reasonable bill  |
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 Mike
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join:2000-09-17
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to robbyglack
Re: what ?email for grandma |
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 morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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to ISurfTooMuch
Re: Where was this promo advertised? |
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ke4pym
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join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC |
ke4pym
Premium Member
2014-Jun-23 12:47 pm
I smell a lawsuit comingClass action anyone?
Oh wait, SCOTUS blocked that from happening. |
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slckusr
Premium Member
join:2003-03-17
Greenville, SC |
slckusr
Premium Member
2014-Jun-23 12:49 pm
said by ke4pym:Class action anyone?
Oh wait, SCOTUS blocked that from happening. Those poor poor lawyers. |
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to robbyglack
Re: what ?The stupidity of corporate greed knows no bounds. |
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Someguy
Anon
2014-Jun-23 1:58 pm
BandwidthThe problem with being forced to carry additional channels are part of the bundle is bandwidth usage. That bandwidth could be better use by more desired channels and/or video on demand or internet services. |
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 ropeguru
Premium Member
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA
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to ke4pym
Re: I smell a lawsuit comingThat is kind of a good thing. Imagine the time Verizon lawyers will have to put in for thousands of individual cases. Much harder than a single class action. |
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ssavoy
Premium Member
join:2007-08-16
Dallas, PA
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to Mike
Re: what ?Once per month ever since she set her Gmail theme to a 99MB tiff photo of the grandkids |
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 ArrayListDevOps
Premium Member
join:2005-03-19
Mullica Hill, NJ |
to nycdave
Re: Fact Check Turned Off?everyone I know that keeps their chromebook is happy with it. |
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 IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
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You unlimited people...It's things like this that make me hope that the Unlimited Data people cost Verizon as much money as possible. |
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Re: what ?Yeah I agree -- when you're talking in terms of gigabytes and at good LTE speed -- 100 MB should be viewed as little more than a rounding error.
If it wasn't for Verizon's monopoly, they would've probably been more hesitant to do something like this. As it stands though, if you get mad about something like this, who are you going to switch to? If you have Verizon it's probably because you're either locked in a contract or they are the best provider in your area. |
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join:2000-09-18
Pelham, AL |
to IPPlanMan
Re: You unlimited people...If I was a Verizon customer affected by this, I would drop them like a hot potato. Maybe even if I wasn't affected by it. |
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100mb is a rip off.Does Verizon even know what 100mb is? Stupid they are. |
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 kontosxyzzy
join:2001-10-04
West Henrietta, NY
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to ropeguru
Re: I smell a lawsuit comingsaid by ropeguru:That is kind of a good thing. Imagine the time Verizon lawyers will have to put in for thousands of individual cases. Much harder than a single class action. Yeah, I bet thousands of individuals are lining up to pay five figure lawyer bills in order to sue VZ for three figure damages done. |
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Re: what ?Is it even possible to use another carrier with these devices without an internal modem swap? Or is it basically locked to VZ by virtue of some soldered-down chipset having just their particular flavor of LTE support? |
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 tobyTroy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
Seattle, WA |
to Someguy
Re: Bandwidthsaid by Someguy :The problem with being forced to carry additional channels are part of the bundle is bandwidth usage. That bandwidth could be better use by more desired channels and/or video on demand or internet services. Makes no sense. |
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Re: I smell a lawsuit comingIf you are so cheap that you take the 100Mb free option then I'm pretty sure you are to cheap to pay for that first visit to a lawyer. |
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to timcuth
Re: You unlimited people...If you were a Verizon customer affected by this Verizon would have dropped you like a hot potato. |
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to Someguy
Re: BandwidthAre you replying to the correct thread? |
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 norm
join:2012-10-18
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to battleop
Re: I smell a lawsuit comingsaid by battleop:If you are so cheap that you take the 100Mb free option then I'm pretty sure you are to [sic] cheap to pay for that first visit to a lawyer. Or you're financially responsible enough to not pay for more than what you need. |
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"are to [sic] cheap"
Damn, your Nazi grammar skills got me. I'm glad you found the real issue in my post. |
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norm
join:2012-10-18
Pittsburgh, PA |
norm
Member
2014-Jun-23 3:08 pm
The real problem with your post is that you equate people not purchasing more than what they need as being cheap. If Verizon does not rectify the issue, I wouldn't be surprised if some of these "cheap" people take up legal arms. |
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Re: Bandwidthverizon and the precocious data |
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Re: I smell a lawsuit comingReally, Who uses 100Mb / month today? It was a FREE tier and now people are bitching at Verizon because they are not getting something for Free. They need to bitch at Google who sold the Chrome books and not Verizon. |
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to firedrakes
Re: BandwidthIs it national make no sense in a thread day? |
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norm
join:2012-10-18
Pittsburgh, PA
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to battleop
Re: I smell a lawsuit comingsaid by battleop:Really, Who uses 100Mb / month today? It was a FREE tier and now people are bitching at Verizon because they are not getting something for Free. They need to bitch at Google who sold the Chrome books and not Verizon. Why does it matter how much data someone uses? The point is, people purchased the device with the agreement that there would be a free tier of data for 2 years. The devices have Wi-Fi, they don't need to use mobile data 100% of the time. As the article clearly stated, the 100 MB plan is good enough to get you online in a pinch. If Verizon agreed to Google's terms in regards to offering the 100 MB data tier for free for two years and then Verizon later reneged on that agreement, how is that not Verizon's problem with its customers AND Google? |
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