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tmc8080

join:2004-04-24
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cost approach

When someone else builds a network that directly competes for wireless broadband access on a fee per unlimited month.. then you will see Verizon finally see the light-- or lose customers. Right now those networks are slower, still not truly unlimited (in the wireline broadband sense) and more costly than a Verizon solution.. show as with all competition:
SHOW ME THE SERVICE!

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Re: cost approach

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When someone else builds a network that directly competes for wireless broadband access on a fee per unlimited month.. then you will see Verizon finally see the light-- or lose customers.
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Re: cost approach

Here's a concept that I'm sure won't really kill anyone at all. Everyone in the US and I mean EVERYONE should call Verizon on the same day and cancel their accounts. Or for that matter, no one use their Verizon phones for 1 full day or 1 week. Find another way to take your calls... office phone or home phone. A knock like that would make Verizon listen.

The problem is not everyone would do this... sometime this kind of thing is necessary to get your point across. Think about it this way... every large company out there will do whatever they want because they know the general public would never do something like this. In retrospect, they have the same control over the general public with their product/service like drug dealers have over drug users.

Yes people, it really is that simple. Just think about it.

SRFireside

join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX

Re: cost approach

Why, Taylor? Why should everyone cancel their Verizon account just because Verizon is offering videos for a fee? What if you use Verizon and don't care at all about downloading videos? What if you get your videos elsewhere? I'm sure anybody who wants to download Seinfeld on their phone for less will switch to a provider who will fit their needs. A boycott is not necessary here.

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I don't think that's Taylor, unless he moved from Michigan to Georgia. Taylor is usually hsd1.mi.comcast.net, not hsd1.ga.comcast.net I could be wrong.
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Not Taylor... Don't know who that is and don't really care. What most people fail to understand and grasp is that there is power in numbers. People always cry and complain about wanting better options or better prices on stuff, but they fail to understand the simple concepts of banding together to get things changed.

Think about what Verizon would do if everyone stopped using their services for 1 full day, let alone a week and I mean everyone...(I'm sure it would make the news, don't you). That sort of drain on their finances would easily drive them to do whatever the "public" wanted.

Simpler concept... no one pays taxes one year. Do you honestly think everyone would end up in jail? Sure, the core economy would suffer, but that's not the point here. I'm just trying to give you different examples to get the idea across, which you missed with the orginal post. It's like the "no one buy gas on Tuesdays" things you kept seeing go around when prices were high(er). Sure, nice concept, only problem... not EVERYONE will do it, so it's pointless and won't work or get the same point across.

In the end none of these sort of things would happen (on a large scale anyway), because believe it or not the human person simply can't deal without having their material items even for a day. And it's because of this simple fact that the "public" will do the bidding of the "higher ups".... be it government or corporations.

SRFireside

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Houston, TX

Re: cost approach

The thing is this is a little issue in the grand scheme of things. Most wireless users just use their phone to make calls, and most wireless cards use them to access the Internet. This isn't nearly is big a deal as other issues such as rate hikes or convoluted service agreements. Simply put if you are really into downloading video through a service your wireless provider sets up and don't like Verizon's way of going about it simply switch to another carrier who does it the way you want to.

Choose your battles. Don't go running out guns blazing over something that's not worth fighting for.
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