New VZW 'No Roaming AC' Map...
Caught this on the Wireless Advisor forums... have no idea if its legit, but it certainly looks like it might be...
http://prlsites.tripod.com/ac_no_roam2.jpg »
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http://prlsites.tripod.com/ac_no_roam2.jpg »
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I looked it over, I really dont see any changes in the coverage area that is listed on the verizon site, Maybe South Dakato, the south west (I90) leaving sioux falls might be filled in on the new map, kind of hard to tell for sure with the way sioux falls is written across the map, other wise, it looks about the same, to me anyway...
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Eh? I noticed changes right off the bat.
For example, much of Nevada was roaming on AC before, now it isn't. Ditto a good chunk of the California Sierras. Granted I'm not out there more than a couple of times a year, but still, its a welcome change. 🙂
For example, much of Nevada was roaming on AC before, now it isn't. Ditto a good chunk of the California Sierras. Granted I'm not out there more than a couple of times a year, but still, its a welcome change. 🙂
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well, I can see it in Nevada, did not see that before, and I am pretty sure south dakato got more coverage between sioux falls and the black hills. So my bad, I did not notice that the first time. I am with you, keep adding more coverage, we will take it, you never know when you will be in those areas and it is nice to have a phone that will work there without roaming. 🙂
Do you think Verizon will eventually just have a local plan, and a nation wide plan, and get rid of the nation wide they have now. The americas choice is practically there now. That would put verizon over the top. And what I mean by getting rid of the nation wide they have now is by offering the night and weekend minutes, and mobile and mobile minutes, so, I gues...
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Do you think Verizon will eventually just have a local plan, and a nation wide plan, and get rid of the nation wide they have now. The americas choice is practically there now. That would put verizon over the top. And what I mean by getting rid of the nation wide they have now is by offering the night and weekend minutes, and mobile and mobile minutes, so, I gues...
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trucksmoveamerica said:
Do you think Verizon will eventually just have a local plan, and a nation wide plan, and get rid of the nation wide they have now. The americas choice is practically there now. That would put verizon over the top.
And what I mean by getting rid of the nation wide they have now is by offering the night and weekend minutes, and mobile and mobile minutes, so, I guess I could say get rid of the americas choice, transfer the m2m, and N&W minutes to the nationwide plan.....
That would be a question better put to a rep, but I would think that having fewer plans would be a goal, since it would reduce customer confusion and also remove not a few customer service headaches in the process...
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I think you're misunderstanding what Trucks is saying. Right now, there's both an America's Choice nationwide plan, and a national plan called National SingleRate, which doesn't charge for roaming.
What Trucks seems to be saying is that, since America's Choice is moving in a 'no roaming fees' direction, it might make National Single Rate obsolete, and thus VZW could just drop it and have fewer plans.
Or, looking at it from the other way, a modified National Single Rate becomes the new America's Choice, and America's Choice gets dropped. Whatever floats your boat 🙂
What Trucks seems to be saying is that, since America's Choice is moving in a 'no roaming fees' direction, it might make National Single Rate obsolete, and thus VZW could just drop it and have fewer plans.
Or, looking at it from the other way, a modified National Single Rate becomes the new America's Choice, and America's Choice gets dropped. Whatever floats your boat 🙂
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The only thing i have against this no roaming plans is that now if you need service where it was originally roaming now it says no service and your screwed that my only thing against it but alot of the areas are now roaming are not i agree but look at the current AC map vs the new one on monday.
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But the question comes up: Will this require current customers to upgrade thier plan to a new AC plan to take advantage of this?
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So therefore, I will have to extend my contract??? That doesn't seem fair.
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If you want to take advantage of the no roaming you will. Otherwise you can keep what you have.
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Who is it not fair to? Customers signing up currently have to sign a contract to get this plan as well. And you can switch to any qualifying plan whenever you want without signing a contract meaning as long as you don't switch promotions such as no roaming or getting unlimited this or that when you didn't have it before.
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regine44 said:
The only thing i have against this no roaming plans is that now if you need service where it was originally roaming now it says no service and your screwed that my only thing against it but alot of the areas are now roaming are not i agree but look at the current AC map vs the new one on monday.
I agree, that's the drawback. Some roaming areas are now part of the network proper, which is great, but some are now 'no service' areas. Its a double-edged sword, good for some, not so good for others.
It also appears to be a very marketing-driven decision.
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