KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to ptrowski
Re: Welcome to the club.... hey its America, our telecom providers are not about being first rate in the world. but simply making their investors as much money as possible while pissing all over the consumer because they know the other guys are doing the same thing or their high ETFs jail the customer into their service.
the main reason at least imo that they grandfather in existing customers is because a customer could refuse to pay the new charges and state the contract they signed stated unlimited.(of course the contracts likely also state rates subject to change).
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| The cowsumers will take it and smile. They will bitch in forums and make general threats about leaving, but they won't. Mean while the congregation at the church of apple will flock to their nearest cathedral to pick up the latest version of the apple bible on their shiny new iphones. AT&T (who can only see in black or white) will see an increase in sales (iphones) which will make them think that they made the right decision.
Consumers don't have any effect if they take what they are fed. If they would make a little noise things would change. Don't place the blame completely on the carriers. |
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You're absolutely right! American telecom providers are about making money, not taking care of customers or providing good service. I'm always shocked when I visit Europe and find out how pervasive cell phone service is.
I live in West Suburban Boston, on Verizon wireless, and once you are outside route 128, cell service is not good unless you are very close to a major highway like Mass Pike, Routes 2,3, or 93. In my local neighborhood, I drop probably half of incoming calls, and I'm only 4 miles from 128. |
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said by battleop:The cowsumers will take it and smile. They will bitch in forums and make general threats about leaving, but they won't. Consumers don't have any effect if they take what they are fed. If they would make a little noise things would change. Don't place the blame completely on the carriers. When VZW forced most users to carry at least a 25mb data plan, I did exactly that!! I switched to Sprint. I finally got tired of Verizon nickle-and-diming me to death! I know that Sprint's network isn't as good as Verizon's, but it isn't bad in my experience. From unlimited data (5GB) to more minutes than we can use, we couldn't be happier with our plan. Plus, it's much less than we would pay for Verizon, even with an employer discount. |
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| "I know that Sprint's network isn't as good as Verizon's"
I went from Sprint to Verizon and would have to say that Sprint's network was faster and had better coverage than Verizon and AT&T in the places that I travel to. My last employer supplied Sprint phones and my current one supplies Verizon phones. If I were to get a personal phone I would get one from Sprint. |
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I have worked all over the us and never had that issue in mass at all, matter of fact I never had that issue any where except mountain areas with vzw.
I'd maybe check the quality of the phone, moto phones as bad as they are designed have unreal reception.
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I left vzw for sprint and have had a good experience I am a member of a credit union so it made it cheaper than vzw, and they do nickel and dime you and the prices and plans are way to expensive. Sprints voice network needs a little improvement but that internet works damn good. Now my whole family is looking to get away from vzw cause they see all what my phone does for one set plan price. |
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