FCC to investigate AT&T, Verizon for anti-competitive behavior

[Biker1]

I saw the Congressional Hearings a short while ago.
They had the CEO's of both of these companies give testimony regarding this topic.
The 2 CEO's were so full of crap it would be laughable if the customers were not the ones being screwed.
The Congress did not buy their bs which is why the FCC is investigating them.
One of the topics of the hearings had to do with price fixing text messages, (which btw cost about one 1¢ and they charge 20¢), when one company set rates, the other followed.
The companies representatives said they were just being competitive. But there were memos and the testimony seemed to indicate otherwise.
The FCC seems to agree which is why they are investigating this issue.

[Biker1]

Originally Posted by Magoo_215

I glad to have Sprint... We dont go thru this madness all fair and square over here.

It was not like that until about a year and a half ago.
I have been with Sprint over 10 years and they have very much improved regarding their fairness, customer service, billing,etc. in the last year and a half.
A complete turn around.
At least Sprint is heading down the right road.
Btw, my sister has Verizon and wouldn't switch to the older Sprint SERO plan about a year and a half ago.
The one they offered 1000 minutes
for $50 which included alot of unlimited features.
She stayed with a Verizon plan she was paying $50 for 400 minutes with no data, etc. and continually has to watch her minutes.
Unbelievable and she's still on it
That's customer loyalty at the expense of the customer.
My brother made the switch from Atnt and has been happy ever since.

[verizonguy]

Originally Posted by dbord_n

i can now, never upgrade mine or my wifes phone for when we do we will lose our alltel plan and have to get a new one with verizon!! dude if that isn't shady and not right i don't know what is!!

That's only partially true. If you want to get a new device from vzw at a discount that's true, but you can buy the device elsewhere like on ebay, then you can swap your device using *228 without having to change your plan to activate the device, effectively circumventing the requirement to change plans.

I did this when I bought my Touch Pro on ebay.

[Keir333]

Originally Posted by dbord_n

...i can now, never upgrade mine or my wifes phone for when we do we will lose our alltel plan and have to get a new one with verizon!! dude if that isn't shady and not right i don't know what is!!

That's exactly why I was hoping that Alltel would come out witht the Touch Pro2 before the change over officially went through in my area. I'm eligible for an upgrade right now, and wanted to get a new toy, but stay on an Alltel plan.

-Keir-

[Keir333]

Originally Posted by verizonguy

I did this when I bought my Touch Pro on ebay.

Did you switch back to using your XV6800 from your Verizon Touch Pro? Just wondering cuz your Pocket PC is listed as a XV6800. Is the Touch Pro for Verizon crippled that bad?

-Keir-

[Alksion]

Agreed!

[bestjudge]

SMS still using Control channel ....it should cost nothing or next to nothing. no way 0.20 each!

[kyppcgeek]

All I can say is.... It is ABOUT Time!

[kyppcgeek]

SMS and MMS should be a free feature of your cell phone plan.
It costs them nothing more than using your data!

[tech]

and i bet soon that att and vz will merge and sprint and tmobile make only 2 gobi networks in the usa