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posted by janrinok on Sunday September 17 2017, @09:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the greed,-greed-and-more-greed dept.

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Roaming data use makes customers unprofitable, so Verizon will cut them off.

Verizon is disconnecting another 8,500 rural customers from its wireless network, saying that roaming charges have made certain customer accounts unprofitable for the carrier.

The 8,500 customers have 19,000 lines and live in 13 states (Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wisconsin), a Verizon Wireless spokesperson told Ars today. They received notices of disconnection this month and will lose access to Verizon service on October 17.

"These customers live outside of areas where Verizon operates our own network," Verizon said. "Many of the affected consumer lines use a substantial amount of data while roaming on other providers' networks and the roaming costs generated by these lines exceed what these consumers pay us each month."

"We sent these notices in advance so customers have plenty of time to choose another wireless provider," Verizon also said.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/verizon-kicks-8500-rural-customers-off-network-for-using-roaming-data/


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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday September 17 2017, @11:16PM (2 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday September 17 2017, @11:16PM (#569520) Journal

    I didn't even know anyone sold a plan with roaming charges in the US anymore.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @07:09AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @07:09AM (#569653)

    So, venture outside your little circle and your phone goes dead?

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by FatPhil on Monday September 18 2017, @08:20AM

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday September 18 2017, @08:20AM (#569669) Homepage
      No, venture outside your little circle, and you get coverage at no additional cost.

      I'm guessing your circle is about basement sized, and you have no idea about how the rest of the world works.
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