V8 Beast Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 This is going to be huge!!!!! http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-02-18-verizon_N.htm?csp=34 NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless (VZ) Tuesday will unveil a plan that offers unlimited domestic calling for a flat fee of $99.99 to $139.99 a month. Unlimited plans for BlackBerry devices and other smartphones will start at $129.99 a month. The pricier plans offer extra features, such as unlimited messaging, global e-mail and video. The new "Nationwide Unlimited Anytime Minutes Plan" could rewrite the competitive rules of the wireless industry, which has long embraced the idea of selling "buckets" of minutes for a set monthly price. Verizon, which claims 66 million customers, now offers a bucket of 2,000 minutes for $99 a month. Jack Plating, chief operating officer of Verizon Wireless, says his company isn't abandoning the bucket — but it is targeting "high value" customers who pay at least $100 a month for wireless services. "We are going after high-end customers," he says.... For all of you high rollers that have been asking for it... we finally did it. Bye bye At&t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 beat my sprint plan of.. 1250 minutes nationwide, free nights and weekends starting at 7. unlimited text, unlimited data, unlimited picture and video messaging for $50 a month and ill be impressed. until then i say no company can touch this value. also $7 a month for service and replacement including PDAs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Enjoy them while you can because as a business they pretty much suck monkey balls. 1/18/2008 By Colin Barr, senior writer Sprint's $35 billion buyout of Nextel was supposed to create a wireless powerhouse. It didn't happen. Gary Forsee, who engineered the Nextel merger, was forced out of Sprint in October.... NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The cutbacks are only beginning at Sprint. With customer defections hitting a new record, the nation's No. 3 wireless carrier said Friday it would cut 4,000 jobs, or about 7 percent of its workforce, on top of the 5,000 pink slips handed out early last year. Sprint also said on Friday that it would close 125 stores as its monthly subscriber losses mount. It's unlikely that the belt-tightening is over. Sprint is getting creamed by its bigger yet nimbler rivals, among them Verizon unit Verizon Wireless and AT&T, despite the overall health of the wireless industry as consumers worldwide embrace mobile technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 With customer defections hitting a new record, the nation's No. 3 wireless carrier said Friday it would cut 4,000 jobs, or about 7 percent of its workforce, on top of the 5,000 pink slips handed out early last year. Sprint also said on Friday that it would close 125 stores as its monthly subscriber losses mount. Can you hear me now? :burn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Brian, any more news on whether/when you guys may be moving over here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Brian, any more news on whether/when you guys may be moving over here? Not yet, we are about to start a bunch of new-hire training classes though. If we do move I would bet it would be one of the smaller specialty queues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Can you hear me now? :burn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 beat my sprint plan of.. 1250 minutes nationwide, free nights and weekends starting at 7. unlimited text, unlimited data, unlimited picture and video messaging for $50 a month and ill be impressed. until then i say no company can touch this value. also $7 a month for service and replacement including PDAs It is pretty easy to beat. With Verizon I can get far more reliable data services, more bars in more places, less dropped calls, can actually make calls in a number of places sprint can't, etc. Just yesterday I was enjoying Sprints lack of reliable data service. Price means nothing when the service is garbage. I've been dealing with Sprint for years with a number of different phones thru work...I really hate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelloman4571647545499 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I need to get a new phone too. Well looks like I need to go to verizon in Lancaster again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Clark get ahold of jeff on here he will take super good care of you and he is close and local. And+1 on Sprint being total garbage and it could be free and I whould still get verizon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Until Verizon gets SIM cards so I can use the phones I want to use, I am just fine over here at AT&T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Verizon kicks lots of ass. I just wish there data package was a little cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Will this offer work on the verizon family share plan. If so would it be 99.99 plus each additional line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Problem is, I use my personal line as my work line. So I am on a family plan with a blackberry. My bill is usually over $300/month, I wonder if they can change that for me. Their INTL roaming is WAY too expensive too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Sprint sucks, when I lived in Ft. Walton Beach Florida (which was a huge tourist/spring break area) I was standing in one of their stores and could not even get any service on my phone, once my contract was up went to Verizon and have never had any problems anywhere I have been, even out here in South Dakota I get excellent service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 beat my sprint plan of.. 1250 minutes nationwide, free nights and weekends starting at 7. unlimited text, unlimited data, unlimited picture and video messaging for $50 a month and ill be impressed. until then i say no company can touch this value. also $7 a month for service and replacement including PDAs I have this also and it's been better than TMobile and I've had reception when my gf's Verizon has not. So, until their problems trickle down and affect me, I stand with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I just ordered a brand new EnV online last friday. While calling customer service to complain about persistant error message's that come up on my Motorola Q. Of which STILL havent gone away. The guy in the call center did work with me on rebates and the price, after all is said and done I will get the phone for free and in addittion be able to drop the rediculous data plan and thus saving even more money on my monthly bill. Ive never minded Verizon's service, always thought it was good but their phone quality does suck which Im sure can be blamed more on the company who manufacter's the phone itself but still, if Verizon know's a vendor sells shitty products why would they be so willing to put their name on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 There really isnt much of a shareplan. Its $99.99 per line for each line. Its more set up for single line users. With the blackberry its $130 with unlimited data and unlimited minutes. The 8830 blackberry devices do have sim cards, but thats only for global use. We dont use sim cards because the phones can reprogram themselves over the air... And about the shitty phones, the vendors sell us the same phones they sell other companies. Supply and demand win. When Verizon would test their phones for 6 months after other companies released the phones they got flack... now they get flack for releasing them when everyone else does. Its a lose lose situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l36tols1 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I hate anything made by motorola.. I feel sorry for Nextel customers.. 4 port overs from sprint already today in the last 2 hours because of this plan! It's a little much for me but hey I will sale the dog dookie out of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I hate anything made by motorola.. I feel sorry for Nextel customers.. 4 port overs from sprint already today in the last 2 hours because of this plan! It's a little much for me but hey I will sale the dog dookie out of it! I want to work in sales for the next few months!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l36tols1 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I want to work in sales for the next few months!!!!! Should be back in a T/A off of commssion alone soon! haha.. Thats if I can fucking find one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyMan1972 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 It is pretty easy to beat. With Verizon I can get far more reliable data services, more bars in more places, less dropped calls, can actually make calls in a number of places sprint can't, etc. Just yesterday I was enjoying Sprints lack of reliable data service. Price means nothing when the service is garbage. I've been dealing with Sprint for years with a number of different phones thru work...I really hate them. Don't you have the VX8600 Joe? I dont know about you but I keep getting dropped calls all the time.... Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 data plan = internet on your phone, amirite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 data plan = internet on your phone, amirite? Yes, but on my Q it included all pic/vid message's aswell. If it werent for that I never would've bought it. I've got a ton of pic/vid messages on my phone right now and send and receive them all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I get 1400 min shared 2 phones and unlimited data for 2 phones for 130.00 a month with AT&T, how is this killing my AT&T service, I don't need unlimited minutes, I have rollover and never use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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