Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web 2.0, Not The Web, Not 2.0
from the but-at-least-it's-mobile dept
Well, it may be mobile, but Verizon's new Mobile Web 2.0 is hardly the web and it's hardly 2.0. Over at TheFeature I spent a little time working through the "features and enhancements" they announced and worked out that this is basically an expensive walled garden that has very little that's compelling to actual subscribers. Clickable headlines!?! What a concept! What will they think of next?
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Incidentally, cities across Michigan will have dark skies on July 4th in order to save money. Welcome to the Midwest, home of conservative American values... or is that fiscally conservative?
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VERIZON SUCKS
I have 3 Verizon phones on a family plan.
Verizon's " Get it Now " feature is amusing but what I would really prefer is for the FUCKING phone to actually work when used for simple phone calls.
Drop out rate is horrible.
And interestingly enough, ever since Verizon added that stupid " are you in ? " free in network calling, I've noticed that a very high percentage of calls made to other Verizon users drop. Coincidence ?
Customer Service always tells me that I need to update the 3 phones operating systems by pressing *228 and then choosing option # 2.
It's a FUCKING phone for Chris sakes !
If the damn thing needs constant updates then perhaps Verizon should use push technology. I can't find anything in writing that tells me I am responsible for updating an operating system.
I can't wait till my contract is up in 2 months.
I will buy my own phones and whoever offers the best price per MONTH gets my business.
We don't sign 2 year contracts with OTHER utilities.
Why do we all put up with these 2 year contracts ?!?!
A supposed free phone isn't worth the enforced 2 years of poor service.
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Re: VERIZON SUCKS
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What a shame
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NetFront Browser - Brew(aka Get It Now) Yay!
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You suck
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Verizon problem
I need some help getting the word out and would appreciate from anyone who can send this to blogs or other sites they know of.
I am looking for stories (in the last 2 years) from people in the State of Maryland who were incorrectly billed by Verizon and then after trying to solve the problem (and getting nowhere) they were taken to Court and sued by the Company. I have a feeling this is happening to a lot of people out there.
I am most interested in Small business owners but will also take stories from people who have had this problem as long as it happened in Maryland. Please email the short version of the story to Blueiguana7@hotmail.com titled Verizon Story.
Thanks!
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verizon sucks
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