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Re: Verizon Worsens America's Choice Calling Plan--No more roaming, even at extra cost, No more Nat
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| 617 Phones 2005-05-27, 10:55 pm |
| Larry W4CSC wrote:
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> "Bill Radio" < Wireless@MountainWir
elessNOSPAN.com> wrote in
> news:119dgt2aph6mic3
@corp.supernews.com:
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> Please consult the Verizon PRL and tell me where it shows Verizon roaming
> to Alltel and Sprint anywhere in Eastern South Carolina......it won't.
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You're mixing the facts of roaming agreements with rate plans. Bill
Radio was responding to the OP's assertion "that there are still many
areas where Verizon does not have a roaming partner . . ." If that was
true, there would be many areas where Single Rate, AC1 or Digital
Choice subscribers would not be able to use their phones. That's just
not the case.
Verizon has chosen for marketing reasons, as clearly stated in Bill
Radio's post, to exclude service from providers that are, in their
determination, too expensive. It's their decision, and allows them to
market a "national" plan with no roaming charges. They obviously
believe that they will make more money and sign up more users covering
99% of the population with coverage that includes all the free IN and
N/W minutes and no roaming charges than they would covering 99.8% with
more complicated rates or roaming charges.
I'd like complete coverage also, but the growth numbers seem to support
their decision. It certainly seems as if it would be important for VZW
to continue to offer some type of Single Rate plan, but they may not
see it that way.
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