Verizon to pay $1 million over deceptive "unlimited" EVDO plans
Verizon to pay $1 million over deceptive "unlimited" EVDO plans
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: October 23, 2007 - 10:43PM CT
The case of the limited "unlimited" EVDO has been settled: Verizon has agreed to pay out $1 million to customers that it has terminated for overuse of its high-speed data service. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo made the announcement today, saying that Verizon's decision came after a nine-month investigation into the company's services and marketing practices. The attorney general accused Verizon of producing misleading materials and deceptive marketing when it claimed that its data plans were unlimited.
The issue came to light last year, when some customers found their accounts on the choppi...
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By Jacqui Cheng | Published: October 23, 2007 - 10:43PM CT
The case of the limited "unlimited" EVDO has been settled: Verizon has agreed to pay out $1 million to customers that it has terminated for overuse of its high-speed data service. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo made the announcement today, saying that Verizon's decision came after a nine-month investigation into the company's services and marketing practices. The attorney general accused Verizon of producing misleading materials and deceptive marketing when it claimed that its data plans were unlimited.
The issue came to light last year, when some customers found their accounts on the choppi...
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What's that? about $80 to each of the 13000 people they cut. Somehow I don't think they will get all warm and fuzzy over that, but hey, it's better than nothing.
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It's probably distributed more like this:
$5 - verizonwireless gift card to each person
$935,000 - lawyers
$5 - verizonwireless gift card to each person
$935,000 - lawyers
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Yeah. A gift card to a service that they were terminated from. Sounds about right.
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OMG! Plooky posted something that is on topic! Too bad he was late to the party as it was already posted... And he got the name wrong, as this is about Verizon Wireless, not just Verizon... but then again he thinks they are the exact same thing.. 🙄
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