 Boomer86never say roadkillPremium
join:2002-10-18
Walden, NY | C'est la vie, Amp'd Mobile! It was a good ride while it lasted.
My PAYG balance is down to $0.25; guess I'll burn that easily before midnight.
It may be "water under the bridge", but I feel if Amp'd had emphasized pay as you go they would have had better cash flow and survived much longer.
To add insult to injury, we're told that our Motorola e816 "Hollywood" handsets will be banned from the Verizon Wireless network after the shutdown, so all of us will have paperweights after midnight.
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ncbillPremium
join:2007-01-23
Winston Salem, NC Reviews:
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| We'll just have to wait and see about the e816.
It is the PTT application that apparently is the problem (pings the network way too often)
That can easily be deleted on earlier e816 models.
Newer models have to be flashed to Verizon/Alltel firmware to get rid of PTT.
Supposedly there are tens of thousands of these still active.
Something tells me Verizon will either find a way to make it work (help people get rid of PTT) or offer another phone
Both approaches are cheaper than defending a class action. |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | said by ncbill:...Both approaches are cheaper than defending a class action.... Class action against who? Amp'd is gone, nothing left to sue.
Verizon is under no obligation to offer service to former Amp'd customers. Amp'd sold them the phone, not Verizon.
I would think Verizon would want to get some of that business back, but I'm sure they don't want to take on the derelicts that didn't pay their bills sinking Amp'd in the first place...
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 GeekJediRF is Good For YouPremium
join:2001-06-21
Mukwonago, WI
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said by ncbill:We'll just have to wait and see about the e816. It is the PTT application that apparently is the problem (pings the network way too often) That can easily be deleted on earlier e816 models. Newer models have to be flashed to Verizon/Alltel firmware to get rid of PTT. Supposedly there are tens of thousands of these still active. Something tells me Verizon will either find a way to make it work (help people get rid of PTT) or offer another phone Both approaches are cheaper than defending a class action. Except that there are no grounds for a class action. Verizon did not sell you the phone, nor are they under any obligation to activate or support it. Amp'd sold and supported the phone for their service - they were the ones obligated to support it. Their service has ended, and so is the support for that phone.
So it's cheaper for them to do nothing at all.
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I paid my AMpd bills (pay as you go). It was cheap $10 a month & the phone Razr worked well.
I left Verizon because my 2 analog phones wouldn't work any longer nothing physically wrong with them. Verizon told me my phones are too old to fix. But they could sell me a new phone and outrageous new monthly charges. The clarity was better than the digital phones. I know analog will end some day but they would not honor my old contracts the fixed lifetime monthly fee rates. So I do see why many of you like Verizon. After having verizon account for many years I fould in the end that they were greedy and crooked as any of the other phone service providers that have gone bankrupt. |
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