Verizon ordered to pay $90 mil for shenanigans

[yhelothar]

Glad to see action taken on a company's bullshit. It's unfortunate it took 2 yrs of complaints for the FCC to get off their ass, and why the fuck are there no punitative charges imposed against verizon?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/technology/04webphone.html?src=busln

 

[wiredspider]

Finally, that pissed me off so much that I had to turn off data completely on my phone.

 

[spacelord]

no chit. glad to see Verizon getting slammed for this. If I accidentally pushed the web button on my phone I ended up with a data charge. finally they offered to totally disable it after I called a couple of times.

 

[Pardus]

Verizon sucks with all there fees, i never use any other there services.

 

[ScottyB]

I got swindled like $15 when I switched from my Alltel phone to a Verizon one because of this issue.

 

[BoomerD]

Verizon sucks with all there fees, i never use any other there services.

Their...THEIR

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

If it's any consolation I used about 3 gigs of data last month. I'm unlimited and even if they change to a tiered system my contract doesn't change until it expires. I'm getting my money's worth.

 

[MotionMan]

And people complain about AT&T, waiting or the day Verizon carried the iPhone.

There may be different reasons (poor coverage, poor service, crappy plans and pricing and/or overcharging), but the bottom line is that ALL mobile phone companies suck.

That's why I go with the PHONE I like and just deal with the service issues of the carrier.

MotionMan

 

[PrinceofWands]

That's why I go with the PHONE I like and just deal with the service issues of the carrier.

Word. Find the phone, root it, install all free fully-functional apps, enjoy. Even then you're going to get raped by ridiculous plan rates, but *shrug*.

 

[moshquerade]

I'm going to be rich!

"Verizon said in its statement that the customers would receive credits from $2 to $6 on their October or November bills"

 

[edro]

Their...THEIR

I see what you did their.

 

[sswingle]

On my old phone I accidentally launched the browser at least once a month. I always hit End as soon as I saw the Openwave thing or whatever it was called on the screen, which stayed up there plenty long for any normal person to see it and hit end, and I NEVER got a phantom data charge.