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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.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Sunday September 17 2017, @11:37PM (6 children)
Their suggestion is sarcastic funny, not funny funny. Their arrogance precedes them. The market needs to be pried open, with a municipal/state option.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 17 2017, @11:57PM (5 children)
It is you, fustakrakich, who is not funny. [soylentnews.org]
Neither are you correct about trying to "force open markets" using city or state government power, as it is federal government itself that has a stranglehold on who is or isn't allowed to do business in most wireless technologies, specifically including cellular phones and data. [fcc.gov]
(Score: 0, Redundant) by fustakrakich on Monday September 18 2017, @12:19AM (4 children)
Silence! you bubble-headed boobie!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @12:50AM (2 children)
I note that you, fustakrakich, default to impotent attempts to tell others on the Internet to shut up, particularly when they point out your pathetic errors posing as postulation. I expect it will work as well this time as it has the last [soylentnews.org] several [soylentnews.org] times [soylentnews.org].
Did you forget? Beep, boop, I'm a bot [soylentnews.org] - I don't ever sleep and I don't ever stop.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday September 18 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)
Ah, so since you're basically a living robocalling agent, can we Spam mod you? :)
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @04:23AM
Can you? Yes! Yes, you can!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @03:25PM
Hmmm, somebody didn't catch the reference... or didn't like it...