Same plans everywhere?

In a court case with Verizon Wireless the cell phone exemption of not
being a "Common Carrier" is being challenged. Should this case against
VZW be won all cell phone companies will have to offer all their
customers the same great deals.
In my personal opinion this is better than LNP as it will force coverage
areas into the forefront. More GAIT plans will be offered or the
companies will finds themselves in a serious need to actually expand GSM
coverage to the rest of the nation. Cool.

[posted via phonescoop.com]

Interesting, where can I read up on this case? I was not aware of it.
Thanks!


"William Bray" <wmbray@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vo6libpl4rlh02@corp.supernews.com...
> In a court case with Verizon Wireless the cell phone exemption of not
> being a "Common Carrier" is being challenged. Should this case against
> VZW be won all cell phone companies will have to offer all their
> customers the same great deals.
> In my personal opinion this is better than LNP as it will force coverage
> areas into the forefront. More GAIT plans will be offered or the
> companies will finds themselves in a serious need to actually expand GSM
> coverage to the rest of the nation. Cool.
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

I got it from rcrnews.com Hopefully some sites will have better
coverage on it. RCR Wireless News has proven to be a reliable news
source.

"Hector" <sperez2418@yahoo.here> wrote in article
<JGIgb.977$tk1.323@twister.austin.rr.com>:
> Interesting, where can I read up on this case? I was not aware of it.
> Thanks!
>
>
> "William Bray" <wmbray@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:vo6libpl4rlh02@corp.supernews.com...
> > In a court case with Verizon Wireless the cell phone exemption of not
> > being a "Common Carrier" is being challenged. Should this case against
> > VZW be won all cell phone companies will have to offer all their
> > customers the same great deals.
> > In my personal opinion this is better than LNP as it will force coverage
> > areas into the forefront. More GAIT plans will be offered or the
> > companies will finds themselves in a serious need to actually expand GSM
> > coverage to the rest of the nation. Cool.
> >
> > [posted via phonescoop.com]
>
>

[posted via phonescoop.com]

William Bray wrote:
> In a court case with Verizon Wireless the cell phone exemption of not
> being a "Common Carrier" is being challenged. Should this case against
> VZW be won all cell phone companies will have to offer all their
> customers the same great deals.
> In my personal opinion this is better than LNP as it will force coverage
> areas into the forefront. More GAIT plans will be offered or the
> companies will finds themselves in a serious need to actually expand GSM
> coverage to the rest of the nation. Cool.
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

Living in a rural area, I would hope that the case against VZW would be
won. While in larger markets customers were able to get a VZW plan for
$39.99/month that included 400 anytime and unlimited night and weekends
(America's Choice), in (former) market I was only offered on of two
plans: 24.99/month for 60 anytime minutes or 44.99/month for 120
minutes. Not only would I get fewer minutes, I would not get any of the
standard features such as domestic long distance, voicemail, caller ID,
three way calling, or even off peak minutes of any kind. Not only that,
I would get a phone number from a town 70 miles away. When I moved for
a temporary job in Florida, I looked into either Verizon or Cingular.
The salesman at Radio Shack (selling VVZ) warned me that when I move, I
would probably lose all night/weekend minutes, as they are considered
promotional. He said I would probably have to sign a new contract to
qualify for the 1500 n/w weekend minutes that were first available this
year. Finally, after talk that VZW would implement WLNP before the
official rollout date, Verizon started offering unlimited night and
weekend minutes on select plans. (We are not a top 100 market, and are
therefore not required to have it on November 24, but VZW says it will
probably allow customers to port numbers in sometime in January).

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Interesting, but beware of Radio Shack reps. None of them actually
represent the cell phone companies they are pitching. They only know
what little they are told to do a halfway decent job.
I have, however, found them to be a little more knowledgeable about cell
phones than about scanners.

About Dakota <aboutdakota@REMOVEMEhotmail.com> wrote in article
<3F8389B6.60401@REMOVEMEhotmail.com>:
>
>
> William Bray wrote:
> > In a court case with Verizon Wireless the cell phone exemption of not
> > being a "Common Carrier" is being challenged. Should this case against
> > VZW be won all cell phone companies will have to offer all their
> > customers the same great deals.
> > In my personal opinion this is better than LNP as it will force coverage
> > areas into the forefront. More GAIT plans will be offered or the
> > companies will finds themselves in a serious need to actually expand GSM
> > coverage to the rest of the nation. Cool.
> >
> > [posted via phonescoop.com]
>
> Living in a rural area, I would hope that the case against VZW would be
> won. While in larger markets customers were able to get a VZW plan for
> $39.99/month that included 400 anytime and unlimited night and weekends
> (America's Choice), in (former) market I was only offered on of two
> plans: 24.99/month for 60 anytime minutes or 44.99/month for 120
> minutes. Not only would I get fewer minutes, I would not get any of the
> standard features such as domestic long distance, voicemail, caller ID,
> three way calling, or even off peak minutes of any kind. Not only that,
> I would get a phone number from a town 70 miles away. When I moved for
> a temporary job in Florida, I looked into either Verizon or Cingular.
> The salesman at Radio Shack (selling VVZ) warned me that when I move, I
> would probably lose all night/weekend minutes, as they are considered
> promotional. He said I would probably have to sign a new contract to
> qualify for the 1500 n/w weekend minutes that were first available this
> year. Finally, after talk that VZW would implement WLNP before the
> official rollout date, Verizon started offering unlimited night and
> weekend minutes on select plans. (We are not a top 100 market, and are
> therefore not required to have it on November 24, but VZW says it will
> probably allow customers to port numbers in sometime in January).
>
> AD
>

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