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> 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.