From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com
On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:38:19 -0000 (UTC), Howard
wrote:
>Roger House <61rroger@gmail.com> wrote
>
>> If I didn't, then please
>> forgive me.
>
>I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're after. But I certainly
>understand the frustration with wireless plans, and the challenge of
>sorting through all of the terms and conditions.
The unlimited plans that use their ads' small print to describe the
throttling they put into the contracts does not surprise me at all.
As more and more people use their phones for primary online platform
contact and for extensive and serious entertainment streaming- way
beyond what unlimited texting and talking (ha...anyone still actually
talk on a phone?) were pushed to lure users across providers,
throttling becomes necessary.
The providers cannot keep up with the newer uses of the smart phones
and their older physical networks were not designed for it.
Really, though, you have to do a lot of streaming to get throttled.
>I am glad that at a minimum the feds forced the wireless companies to allow
>phone numbers to be portable when you changed plans. Verizon et al swore
>upon the sun, moon and stars that requiring them to let you keep (321) 555-
>1234 when you changed to another company would be the end of cell phone
>service forever, and as it turned out they had no problem making the
>switch. I am sure there is a lot more they could do if they were forced.
They do so love to charge you a "portage" fee if you transfer a
number from one provider to another. Such a fee can often be a decent
bargaining chip.
My pet peeve with the providers, in particular, with Verizon, is that
going online, vs in store, vs customer service on the phone, can all
generate wildly different deals insofar as rebates, fees and extras.
Each of these access points has its own sales staff and commission
structure. The knives are often out.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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