VerizonMath… Brilliant!
Someone called Verizon before going to Canada to find out how much data rates were. They said 0.002 cents per kb. This is pretty cheap. Turns out it is also wrong. It is actually 0.002 dollars. After much back and forth, he gets the floor manager on the phone, no one believes him that $0.002 is different than 0.002ยข. Hilarity ensues. There is also an actual recording of the conversation.
For what it’s worth, they did eventually refund his money. I just hope that someone fixed their marketing materials.
Hmm, I was contemplating switching away from Cingular, where we have completely unimpressive reception, and Verizon was ranked fairly highly recently.
Does anyone ever actually like their cell phone service?
I love Sprint, but then I am a weirdo. The data plan is great (e.g. free unlimited data usage), I can use it coast to coast, and I can call anyone else who has sprint without using any minutes, which is particularly useful since my wife and I are on the same plan. Oh yeah, weekends and evenings don’t use minutes, but if I do go over on my minutes, instead of racking up huge bills, they just bump you up to the next plan level. (e.g. you buy minutes in batches, which might not be optimal, but is WAY cheaper than the per minute basis that made me switch away from AT&T).
Logging into the internet through your bluetooth phone when the regular internet goes out is pretty sweet.