links for 2007-07-10
By Bob Plankers on Jul 10, 2007 in del.icio.us
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I want one of these. Badly.
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Dead on.
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Why is it not okay for a company to choose not to do business with certain people? And besides, Sprint sucks. Go somewhere else.
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As seen on Bruce Schneier’s blog.
3 Comment(s)
By just jon on Jul 10, 2007 | Reply
Re: Sprint…
Rumor has it that Verizon will simply drop you if you buy a data contract (including an “unlimited” one) and then use it “too much” (5GB/month).
They’ll simply drop your contract for exceeding an unwritten limit, no appeals.
jon
By Bob Plankers on Jul 10, 2007 | Reply
In contrast, dropping you for using too much of your unlimited data plan is not okay. You said “unlimited” so it better be unlimited.
I guess I understand why people get anxious about companies doing things like this. It’s because there is absolutely no recourse. The company can make your life hell for dropping them, but you can do nothing to the company if they drop you.
I do believe, though, that the market will sort it out.
By just jon on Jul 10, 2007 | Reply
At least they drop your contract and you’re free to go to another company… They could do something like veto your data plan.
And they have more money to spend on lawyers than you do.
jon