Re: [PLUG] OT: Verizon contracts

[Trent Milliron <trent@urban-techs.com>]

THanks, very useful info for me.

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 13:52 -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> 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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