[DM-MUG] Well, people thinking of Verizon Renewals might read...

[Victoria L. Herring]

>From: NYTimes.com <nytdirect at nytimes.com>
>
><http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/technology/personaltech/12pogue-email.html?8cir&emc=cira1>Verizon: 
>How Much Do You Charge Now?
>
>
>			By DAVID POGUE
>
>
>Starting next week, Verizon will double the early-termination fee 
>for smartphones. That is, if you get a BlackBerry, Android or 
>similar phone from Verizon, and you decide to switch phones before 
>your two-year contract is up, you'll be socked with a $350 penalty 
>(it used to be $175).
>
>This fee drops slowly over time ($10 a month), but after two years, 
>it's still $110. If the premise of the early-termination fee is to 
>help Verizon recoup its original cost of the phone (see my analysis 
>here <http://bit.ly/pOkXz>http://bit.ly/pOkXz), shouldn't the fee go 
>down to zero at the end of your contract?.....
>
>Here's one example, from a Verizon customer:
>
"David, I read your posts about how the cell carriers are eating up 
our airtime with those 15-second 'To page this person, press 5' 
instructions, but I think Verizon has a bigger scam going on: 
charging for bogus data downloads.  "Virtually every bill I get has a 
couple of erroneous data charges at $1.99 each--yet we download no 
data.  "Here's how it works. ....
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http://victorialherring.typepad.com/serendipity/  [personal].
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