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	<title>Comments on: &#8216;Unlimited&#8217; EVDO ends up costing Verizon $1 million</title>
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		<title>By: Michael Mortimer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Mortimer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, at least a company got slapped and was forced to change its false advertising.

I don&#039;t like advertising that is limited by fine print [that no one reads.]

It&#039;s just like when carriers advertise great plans, but by the time we are done with add on taxes, fees and what not, the price of a plan goes up $10 to $15 monthly.  The only reason we tolerate it now is that everyone knows to add those amounts to the plan total.

And don&#039;t even get me started on the lottery.  They advertise $100 million, but deduct present value and taxes, the winner gets $25 million.  I digress, forgive me.

But I liked this post.  Must have really frosted Verizon on principle [since $1 million is probably 5 minutes profit.]   

But like I said, the bigger benefit is that the Company will stop advertising &quot;unlimited&quot; plans.

I&#039;m tired of seeing this kind of false advertising out there.  And while the fine print may take out the &quot;false&quot; in the term, it&#039;s still &quot;shifty.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, at least a company got slapped and was forced to change its false advertising.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t like advertising that is limited by fine print [that no one reads.]</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just like when carriers advertise great plans, but by the time we are done with add on taxes, fees and what not, the price of a plan goes up $10 to $15 monthly.  The only reason we tolerate it now is that everyone knows to add those amounts to the plan total.</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t even get me started on the lottery.  They advertise $100 million, but deduct present value and taxes, the winner gets $25 million.  I digress, forgive me.</p>
<p>But I liked this post.  Must have really frosted Verizon on principle [since $1 million is probably 5 minutes profit.]   </p>
<p>But like I said, the bigger benefit is that the Company will stop advertising &#8220;unlimited&#8221; plans.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m tired of seeing this kind of false advertising out there.  And while the fine print may take out the &#8220;false&#8221; in the term, it&#8217;s still &#8220;shifty.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: NW Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator>NW Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WHAT??  That only comes out to $80/subscriber; which is a major rip-off for early service termination.  How about Verizon reimburse them for a new phone and 1 month of service (for the frustration of changing carriers the first time) at the Carrier of their choice.

Oh yes, Verizon should also send them a check equivilant to what each subscriber&#039;s early termination charge would have been.

That provides decent compensation; then if they want to add a penalty to that...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHAT??  That only comes out to $80/subscriber; which is a major rip-off for early service termination.  How about Verizon reimburse them for a new phone and 1 month of service (for the frustration of changing carriers the first time) at the Carrier of their choice.</p>
<p>Oh yes, Verizon should also send them a check equivilant to what each subscriber&#8217;s early termination charge would have been.</p>
<p>That provides decent compensation; then if they want to add a penalty to that&#8230;</p>
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