| Argon15 2005-05-29, 6:55 am |
| This is what happens when your #1. You think you can do whatever the XXXX
you want and your customers are just suppose to take it. I liken Verizon to
Microsoft if their attitude and arrogance. Not to mention the fact that I
can't stand that moronic Can You Hear Me Know XXXXXXX in those stupid
commercials.
On 5/24/05 12:31 PM, in article
SFIke.7260$uR4.856@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net, "Steven M. Scharf"
<scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
quote:
> Verizon Worsens America's Choice Calling Plan--No more roaming, even at
> extra cost, No more National Single Rate Plan.
>
> The original America's Choice calling plan from Verizon was a great plan. It
> included a lot of off-network roaming, at no extra charge, in areas where
> Verizon did not have a network. Where Verizon didn't have a roaming
> agreement, your phone could still be used, but at extra cost.
>
> Verizon has been worsening America's Choice almost from its inception. They
> began by abandoning roaming agreements, so that there was a lot less
> included roaming, and a lot more extra-cost roaming. When this was disclosed
> by people who were analyzing their PRLs (preferred roaming lists), they
> forced these people to take this information off the web.
>
> Now they have changed the plan again, and new subscribers will have no
> roaming at all, even at an extra charge. This means that you can only use
> the phone in areas where Verizon has service (except for 911 calls). If
> you're out of Verizon's coverage area, your phone is a paperweight except
> for 911 access.
>
> Driving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Yosemite? Your phone will stop
> working completely on the outskirts of Oakdale, where Golden State Cellular
> is the carrier, and you'll have no coverage inside the park. Driving up the
> California Coast to Mendocino? No coverage. Alaska? No coverage. The list
> goes on and on.
>
> To complete the service reduction, Verizon no longer offers the National
> Single Rate plan. According to their sales people, they have NO plans that
> offer off-network roaming (though their web site states that their Digital
> Choice plan (local plan), and their InPulse prepaid plan, allow roaming at
> 69¢ per minute).
>
> Verizon's web site is intentionally misleading. It states, for America's
> Choice, "Domestic Roaming (No roaming charges) (Coverage not available in
> all areas)," without stating that what they really mean is that you cannot
> actually roam onto any other carrier's network.
>
> Previous America's Choice subscribers will still be able to roam off
> Verizon, though there will be less and less included roaming, as Verizon
> abandons roaming agreements.
>
>
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