What is Verizon Wireless going to offer me to stay?

[MBony]

Been a customer since 2005 and fixing to leave for Tmobile. What is the best offer you have received from Verizon for you to stay with them?

 

[KLin]

Hookers and blow. For 6 months.

 

[OCGuy]

20% off monthly from retentions.

 

[Nebor]

As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

For $50 a month. :Q

 

[MBony]

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

As opposed to Tmobile's internet access?

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: MBony

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

As opposed to Tmobile's internet access?

Yup. T-mobile just launched 3G in major cities. Most of the country is still on EDGE. And AFAIK there's no 3G wireless card available for laptops yet. T-mobile is hopelessly lost when it comes to internet.

By comparison, I believe Verizon has the best wireless internet service in the country.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

For $50 a month. :Q

It's only $30, what in the hell are you paying for?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

For $50 a month. :Q

<- $30 here.

Thanks BB Curve.

 

[ivan2]

free phones, that was AFTER i switched.

 

[40Hands]

Verizon pissed me off with their requirement for a data plan with all new smart phones. Fucking stupid shit. :|

 

[frostedflakes]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

For $50 a month. :Q

It's only $30, what in the hell are you paying for?

Paying $10/mo for unlimited data through Alltel.

Of course I'm sure that will be nixed once I'm officially a Verizon customer.

 

[Sasiki]

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Verizon pissed me off with their requirement for a data plan with all new smart phones. Fucking stupid shit. :|

This is the norm. Try to buy any phone at the 2 year contract price without data. All say that the contract price is with 2 year agreement and qualifying data plan. If you pay full price for the phone, you can get it without data.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Sasiki

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Verizon pissed me off with their requirement for a data plan with all new smart phones. Fucking stupid shit. :|

This is the norm. Try to buy any phone at the 2 year contract price without data. All say that the contract price is with 2 year agreement and qualifying data plan. If you pay full price for the phone, you can get it without data.

It's only recently that Verizon made you buy a data plan when you got a smartphone. Before, you could get a smartphone (my roommate has an HTC Titan without a data plan; he got it last year?) on just a regular plan.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: Sasiki

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Verizon pissed me off with their requirement for a data plan with all new smart phones. Fucking stupid shit. :|

This is the norm. Try to buy any phone at the 2 year contract price without data. All say that the contract price is with 2 year agreement and qualifying data plan. If you pay full price for the phone, you can get it without data.

It's only recently that Verizon made you buy a data plan when you got a smartphone. Before, you could get a smartphone (my roommate has an HTC Titan without a data plan; he got it last year?) on just a regular plan.

I have a smartphone w/o a data plan.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: Sasiki

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Verizon pissed me off with their requirement for a data plan with all new smart phones. Fucking stupid shit. :|

This is the norm. Try to buy any phone at the 2 year contract price without data. All say that the contract price is with 2 year agreement and qualifying data plan. If you pay full price for the phone, you can get it without data.

It's only recently that Verizon made you buy a data plan when you got a smartphone. Before, you could get a smartphone (my roommate has an HTC Titan without a data plan; he got it last year?) on just a regular plan.

I have a smartphone w/o a data plan.

What is the point?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

For $50 a month. :Q

It's only $30, what in the hell are you paying for?

I don't have a Verizon data plan. I haven't changed my plan in 3 years, but last time I checked the options were $25 for 10 MB or $45 for unlimited. Now I look and it's $30 for E-mail and Web, and still $45 for unlimited/unrestricted.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: Sasiki

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Verizon pissed me off with their requirement for a data plan with all new smart phones. Fucking stupid shit. :|

This is the norm. Try to buy any phone at the 2 year contract price without data. All say that the contract price is with 2 year agreement and qualifying data plan. If you pay full price for the phone, you can get it without data.

It's only recently that Verizon made you buy a data plan when you got a smartphone. Before, you could get a smartphone (my roommate has an HTC Titan without a data plan; he got it last year?) on just a regular plan.

I have a smartphone w/o a data plan.

What is the point?

Use it as a PDA.

Or some do wifi... when I was looking for my last phone there was only one that did wifi though, and it sucked. Maybe that has changed.

 

[Cruisin1]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Nebor
As a T-mobile customer, I'll tell you what Verizon can offer you: Decent internet access.

For $50 a month. :Q

<- $30 here.

Thanks BB Curve.

Not if you want to connect to a BES server you need the 50 dollar a month service.

 

[rh71]

coverage is too good to leave Verizon.

Also have a smartphone w/o a data plan - you can do this when you order online - it lets you choose the $0.00 kb plan. What is the point? THat's like saying having a desktop without internet is pointless. It is not. You can't do as much but there is still a lot there.

 

[MadAmos]

Originally posted by: rh71
coverage is too good to leave Verizon.

Where I work it's Verizon or nothing as no one else has even a weak signal, Verizon put in a cell site a few years ago just for where I work so that there was a backup phone system in an emergency. Before that it was wired phone or 3 miles to a weak signal and about 7 to a reliable one

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: MBony
Been a customer since 2005 and fixing to leave for Tmobile. What is the best offer you have received from Verizon for you to stay with them?

Exactly what you qualify for.

Why do people expect something special just for paying their bill on time?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: MBony
Been a customer since 2005 and fixing to leave for Tmobile. What is the best offer you have received from Verizon for you to stay with them?

Exactly what you qualify for.

Why do people expect something special just for paying their bill on time?

It's the American way.

 

[vshah]

i like tmobile, they unlock your phones if you've been with them for a while, useful for travel. but i usually buy unlocked phones now anyway

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: MBony
Been a customer since 2005 and fixing to leave for Tmobile. What is the best offer you have received from Verizon for you to stay with them?

Exactly what you qualify for.

Why do people expect something special just for paying their bill on time?

It's the Idiotic way.

Fixed.

I mean, seriously. You don't demand special treatment from your power company, or the water company, do you?