7pm night and weekends????
So how long do you think it will take VZW to come out with 7pm night and weekends? It seems that they are the last to join this major selling point......anyone agree?
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why pay more for early nights? when i had cingy i did it and it still didn't mean much in my bill. might as well pay for more minutes on a higher plan. just my thoughts.
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It all boils down to when you use your phone the most. I use my phone mainly 6pm to 1am, so, early nights would benefit me and be worth extra. And on top of that, people like the word UNLIMITED, look how it worked for verizon to have the unlimited "IN" minutes, it took off and is a huge marketing for them. This is something that either you will want or not, just like text messaging, not all people will want it, but would be nice to have as an option.
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peteacher said:
Or how about a free incoming plan!!!!!!
Free incomin' seems kinda like a gimmick ta me. Scope how Sprint-Nextel does it- they basically jus' cut the peak minutes in half (you only get 300 for $50, fo' example), and mobile-to-mobile ain't included. You gotta pay $5 xtra fo' that.
So, doesn't seem that useful. 7pm nights I understan', but free incoming? Its like a carry-over gimmick from Nextel that Sprint's pimpin' now only 'cus o' the merger.
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How about free calls to other people with Verizon? Oh wait, that already is unlimited. That's all I need. There could be no free night/weekend minutes for all I care.
Why would you want to wait for someone to call you before you get free minutes?
Why would you want to wait for someone to call you before you get free minutes?
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Vatothe0 said:
Why would you want to wait for someone to call you before you get free minutes?
Good point.
Though you could always call them an' ask them to call you back. That gets real old real quick with your friends, tho'. My girlfriend could probably get away with it, but if I had a friend who kept doin' that to me, I'd probably start lettin' them go to voicemail, every time.
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I guess it would depend on how you use your phone, personal or business. For some us who receive 85% of their calls are incoming, that would save us a great deal. It'll be nice to have that option.
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exactly. Every one uses their phones different, some would want unlimited incoming calls, some would like early nights, some like text messaging, and some like unlimited web browsing.
That is the point, nobody is asking verizon to add early nights or unlimited incalling to the plans at no extra cost, I think most people are just asking for them to be an option that we can add to the plan at an additional cost. this way, the people that want it, can get it at their cost, and the one's that do not want it, they wont see an increase in the monthly rates. It is a win win situation for everyone to offer it as an option. By doing it that way, no one should care if it is offered, if they do not want it, they dont have to take it, just like...
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That is the point, nobody is asking verizon to add early nights or unlimited incalling to the plans at no extra cost, I think most people are just asking for them to be an option that we can add to the plan at an additional cost. this way, the people that want it, can get it at their cost, and the one's that do not want it, they wont see an increase in the monthly rates. It is a win win situation for everyone to offer it as an option. By doing it that way, no one should care if it is offered, if they do not want it, they dont have to take it, just like...
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Oh, I didn' want to sound like a hater. I get that free incoming would be good fo' a certain group of people.
But it kinda don' matter, since Verizon ain't gonna be offerin' it in the near future. They're smokin' the competition, an' as such don' got a reason to offer it, since it'd cost 'em some money. They do offer the free IN-calling, but thats 'cus its a big incentive to get your whole family, your friends, your girlfriend/boyfriend etc onto Verizon.
It won' be until Sprint-Nextel or Cingular or someone gets within shoutin' distance o' them in net adds that you'd have any chance of Verizon offerin' free incoming (or early nights). Or anythin' that costs them much money.
But it kinda don' matter, since Verizon ain't gonna be offerin' it in the near future. They're smokin' the competition, an' as such don' got a reason to offer it, since it'd cost 'em some money. They do offer the free IN-calling, but thats 'cus its a big incentive to get your whole family, your friends, your girlfriend/boyfriend etc onto Verizon.
It won' be until Sprint-Nextel or Cingular or someone gets within shoutin' distance o' them in net adds that you'd have any chance of Verizon offerin' free incoming (or early nights). Or anythin' that costs them much money.
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Well they say that the consumer has the power..........what if we got a petition drive going here on PS or we vow to bombard Verizon's switchboard with our suggestions? Sooner or later they'll have to listen.............Hope they hear me now!
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peteacher said:
Well they say that the consumer has the power..........what if we got a petition drive going here on PS or we vow to bombard Verizon's switchboard with our suggestions? Sooner or later they'll have to listen.............Hope they hear me now!
Don' sound like a bad idea. Maybe someone should get a petition website goin'.
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Not a gimmick at all. For some people, it isn't good. But I know alot of businessmen that go for the plan and forward their office phone to their cell. It is free on their office phone because it is a local cell number. I also see billboards with Nextel cell numbers on them. Free Incoming really pays for them.
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and lets not forget the "call me back" deal, making the call free when they call you back...making free incoming calls a good deal, it can be a good deal if you manipulate the system to make it so.
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A long time ago, before Verizon, I was with Bell Atlantic Mobile, one of the partners that make up Verizon. They used to have the first incoming minute free, which I thought was a good idea for very short calls...like quick messages..."pick up a carton of milk on the way home"...that sort of thing. Still think that's a good idea, and yeah, your off-peak starting at 7 pm, even for an additonal $5 a month, would be nice. However, I think as long as Verizon rules the roost, and I think most of us agree that they do, there is no incentive for them to offer things that will take away from their bottom line. Same thing with rollover minutes. I have a friend back in the DC area who got Verizon, and was absolutely livid that the minutes he does...
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A long time ago, before Verizon, I was with Bell Atlantic Mobile, one of the partners that make up Verizon. They used to have the first incoming minute free, which I thought was a good idea for very short calls...like quick messages..."pick up a carton of milk on the way home"...that sort of thing. Still think that's a good idea, and yeah, your off-peak starting at 7 pm, even for an additonal $5 a month, would be nice. However, I think as long as Verizon rules the roost, and I think most of us agree that they do, there is no incentive for them to offer things that will take away from their bottom line. Same thing with rollover minutes. I have a friend back in the DC area who got Verizon, and was abso
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100% right. Bottom line...Verizon doesn't have to do ANYTHING until there is a reason to do so. As Stanislavski, the legendary acting coach remarked, "What's my motivation?"
'Nuff said.
'Nuff said.
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Their motivation is that they can't sit still if nobody else is. Once the quarterly results come in, it is too late to reverse a trend, you have to be proactive about it.
I don't think that early nights takes away much from the bottom line, or the other companies wouldn't offer it, either.
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I don't think that early nights takes away much from the bottom line, or the other companies wouldn't offer it, either.
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VZW is attracting customers, even without the N&W minutes. Incomimg calls free? Sure, US Cellular offers that, but what if you are with another carrier? Then your friend still has their airtime deducted. Until VZW sees a decline in new customer's, or until something needs to be seriously revamped, dont' count on N&W starting any earlier than 9:01 pm! 😉
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Is it me, or do online rate plans differ from in-store plans? I just checked T-Mobile(N&W starting at midnight), Sprint(starting at 9pm), Cingular(starting at 9pm) and Alltel (starting at 9pm). The major carriers around my area.
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I just checked their website, T-Mobile's nights start at 9PM as well. And most carriers offer a feature to move your n/w start time up to 7PM. Sprint even has one to move it up to 6PM. You just have to check the features that are able to be added onto your plan.
Verizon does not offer these options.
Verizon does not offer these options.
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As far as I can see it, Verizon has no reason to move their N&W minutes any sooner, or offer free incoming calls. Sure, you see all the other companies doing it. But The way I see it, when Sprint/Nextel/US Cellular/Cingular have the coverage and reliability of Verizon Wireless.....they might just re-think it too. Besides, all it is is promos. You really think that if the wireless market continues as it has been, they will still be offering these optional package upgrades in 2 years?? I don't think so. I deal so many days with non VZW customers who constantly say "I don't care how good my plan is, my coverage sucks, as well as the customer service, I want my phone to work where and when I need it to. Not when my plan says it's good to....
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Verizon has the coverage they have because of roaming agreements, which means a lot of the reliability comes from such companies. I can not state how most companies are compared to verizon, but, US Cellular is a good company with great service, I have used both, and both phones worked good, in fact, in my town, verizon was best in service, but, USCC invested money in our town and put a new tower up making them better, if I did not travel for a living, I would be with US Cellular.
So, if a person wants free incoming calls, early nights, check us cellular out, if they are in your area, and you stay in their territory most the time, go for it, they are a good company, and the service is good. US Cellular has probably the best local plan o...
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So, if a person wants free incoming calls, early nights, check us cellular out, if they are in your area, and you stay in their territory most the time, go for it, they are a good company, and the service is good. US Cellular has probably the best local plan o...
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You are wrong!!!! "Verizon has the coverage they have because of roaming agreements, which means a lot of the reliability comes from such companies."
Our roaming partners are shown in pink on the AC coverage map most of our Network is owned, operated and maintined by Vzw. Prior to making statements please check your facts.
Our roaming partners are shown in pink on the AC coverage map most of our Network is owned, operated and maintined by Vzw. Prior to making statements please check your facts.
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If I am reading the same map as you are, you are wrong. I am looking at the coverage map on verizon's website, and the pink is not the roaming agreement areas. If you want to see a pretty good representation of what is verizon owned, click on the enhanced map, that will give you a pretty good idea of what is actually verizon territory. I was told the pink is the analog area.
I can tell you for fact, all of nebraska but Omaha, northern Iowa, almost all of minnesota is all roaming agreements. Northeren Iowa is usuall midwest wireless, or cellular one, same with minnesota, Nebraska is usually Alltel that we use.
I have my facts in order, I think you need to re-examine your facts...
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I can tell you for fact, all of nebraska but Omaha, northern Iowa, almost all of minnesota is all roaming agreements. Northeren Iowa is usuall midwest wireless, or cellular one, same with minnesota, Nebraska is usually Alltel that we use.
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cellularman2006 said:
the pink is analog. the enhanced map is only vzw network.
Thats what I thought too. 'Cus on the coverage map it says the red area is the 'All-Digital coverage area', and fo' the pink area it doesn't.
I wuz actually kinda suprised at how little of the coverage map was pink/analog, 'cept in certain states in the west (like Oregon or Nevada).
Some people have tried to tell me 'dat Verizon has lots o' HUUUUUGE analog areas, an' that their network would be way waaaaay smaller w/out analog, but from the map that sure don't seem ta be the case.
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