Friday, January 27, 2006
Verizon Wireless - We Never Stop Working For Us?
Posted by Jon Westfall in "THOUGHT" @ 05:00 AM
"Verizon has been getting weasely with some of its customers in California who bought its Motorola v710 Bluetooth-“capable” phone on or before January 31, 2005. Preliminary approval of the settlement was granted in a California court for a class-action suit against the company because it didn't accurately tell prospective customers that its Bluetooth features weren't what they appeared to be. Verizon said the phone “works with a PC” but left out that part about how you can’t wirelessly sync photos or contacts or any other files using Bluetooth. Small detail, Verizon... Sounds like a slap on the wrist to the telecom giant. Perhaps the company should be required to state “We Cripple Bluetooth” on all its advertisements. When, oh when will this greedy, clueless company stop crippling Bluetooth?"
We've known of Verizon's little tactic of crippling Bluetooth for quite some time now, and many of us have even joked about it (I forget where exactly but I do remember a humorous remark that Verizon would charge $0.02 per keypress if they could). Seriously though, how much has Verizon's practices in this area stopped you from buying a Verizon-branded device? Personally I find it annoying but can't say it's my only reason for not switching to Verizon - is it yours?
We've known of Verizon's little tactic of crippling Bluetooth for quite some time now, and many of us have even joked about it (I forget where exactly but I do remember a humorous remark that Verizon would charge $0.02 per keypress if they could). Seriously though, how much has Verizon's practices in this area stopped you from buying a Verizon-branded device? Personally I find it annoying but can't say it's my only reason for not switching to Verizon - is it yours?
