Comments on: Proof (Not Really) That Verizon Is Coming Out With A CameraBerry

By: REV

REV — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:59:15 +0000

The â€œSir Charge stuffâ€ points out a global problem with verizon, including verizon wireless.

I just meant that the “Sir Charge” commercials were talking specifically about Vzw residential phone service, not cellular.

Plus, jacking up fees on the sly really isn’t endemic to just Verizon, is it?

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By: hellno

hellno — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:07:53 +0000

The “Sir Charge stuff” points out a global problem with verizon, including verizon wireless.

By: REV

REV — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:51:05 +0000

Of course, that Sir Charge stuff is talking about land lines, not mobile lines. Maybe the home line rate increases help those with a home/mobile bundle?

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:12:47 +0000

Fortunately, I don’t have any ETFs to worry about.

By: hellno

hellno — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:53:25 +0000

Meet Sir Charge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-pzBloyvAk

-and-

The return of Sir Charge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W6pBNDEao8&NR=1

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:28:31 +0000

I honestly think that I am about to choose freedom. I will keep my Verizon broadband access card, but will switch to whomever offers the BlackBerry Pearl II first.

By: Thought

Thought — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:17:29 +0000

Something else that hellno gets right: with VZW, there policies go deeper than just being pricey or fussy in their deals: they really do restrict freedom of choice for their consumers. Eventually it will get so bad that consumers will choose freedom over their network any day.

By: Thought

Thought — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:15:17 +0000

I have to agree with “hellno” in that Verizon is really shrinking its circle of available devices, when it can least afford to do so.

CDMA already faces an uphill battle for survival in a GSM dominated world, and one way to fight back would be to do the opposite of what Verizon is doing: namely to strike deals with premium companies like Apple, Google, etc to bring exciting new equipment to the market on its network.

Verizon is being way too conservative in its mgmt approach, and in the end will get stung by that. Imagine if VZW had brought out the iPhone, and then the Google phone. That would be a sign of staying power. But as it is, VZW seems intent on being as arrogant as possible. They can only get by on strength of network for so long. It’s only a matter of time until AT&T catches up in that regard, and then it’s game over.