[PLUG] OT: Verizon contracts

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

Since there's been ample interest in policies of data and voice
carriers here, I wanted to flag some research I did related to an
email I received from Verizon Wireless.  They sent an email notifying
their customers that, pursuant to a court settlement, they are
changing their contract with their customers.  The court settlement
doesn't require them to do this or us to accept, but you do have to
opt out.

The new contract, based on my reading (but without comparing to the
old contract) and based on some web commentary I've seen, is worth
opting out of.  It mostly just reserves extra rights to VW, including
the right to bill you $175 if *they* terminate service, not to
reimburse you for dropped calls, not to promise you your phone number,
to make software changes to your phone without your consent, etc.

Here's the most useful link I found:

    http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?p=3143964

Here's a non-VW-hosted copy of the contract in question:

    http://www.cartoys.com/cartoy/webpages/ShowTerms.cfm?term_id=14

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 Jeff

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