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The truth about Consumer Reports. C > VZW

hot_md_guy

Mar 30, 2005, 12:06 PM
Ladies and gentleman. My esteemed colleagues. Rich.

I bring to you somewhat startling facts about Consumer Reports.

Consumer Reports bases their results off of surveys to their SUSCRIBERS! 80% of their subscribers are white collar or suburban families.

This is important because that means alot of lower middle, working class, minorities, etc are not surveyed. In fact it plays directly into Verizon Wireless' breadbasket.

If you ask someone on the street weather they prefer Verizon's pre paid offering or Cingular's more hybrid Go Phone, which do you think they will choose and be more satisfied with over time?

In Pulse is a joke too. I have people laughing at paying $1 a day.

The article itself was highly not credible. Alot of ...
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mmcnier

Mar 30, 2005, 12:10 PM
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Xzavier21

Mar 30, 2005, 12:23 PM
thats nice and all, and I agree w/ most of what you say, especially the opinion part, but this news article was not in reference to Consumer reports, but Complaints filed to the FCC Federal Communications Commission, the people who regulate wireless industry, not a company that bases opinions
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SPCSVZWJeff

Mar 30, 2005, 2:14 PM
Interestingly enough the companies with the lowest churn rates also had the lowest amount of complaints. Congratulations for getting under 3% churn. But you are nowhere near the sub 1.5% churn Where Verizon has lived for the last few years. Let's see if things get better now that Cingular management is in place of the fromer ATTWS. If the West is any indication, I don't think so. The California PUC receives more complaints about Cingular than ANY other utility.
Party on in Baltimore, Dude you have work to do in the rest of the country.
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Xzavier21

Mar 30, 2005, 3:04 PM
i think you responded to wrong mes, but if I go to baltimore I will be sure to party on
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VZWVan

Mar 30, 2005, 2:32 PM
That is, without doubt, the lamest blob of Cingular propoganda I've read in awhile. Consumer Reports not credible because a lot of their customers are middle-class? So WHAT? THAT's the broadest cross-section of wireless customers there IS! THAT's your market! And, didja know, that there is a large and growing African-American and Latino middle class in this country, or did you just assume they were all poor? Pretty close-minded there, huh?

And cingular 'donkey-stomping' anyone is a total joke. They bought a ton of customers through a merger because they couldn't convince people to WILLINGLY sign up with them- Verizon was beating cingular in customer adds pre-merger by 2-to-1 consistently. And you want to talk CHURN RATE? Getting below 3% ...
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hot_md_guy

Mar 30, 2005, 6:23 PM
You are quite simply the biggest homer I've EVER seen.

Cingular bought a bunch of customers -

Ok, point taken. AND WHAT DID VERIZON DO?!?! Hello, didn't Bell Atlantic and other companies merge in 1999 because they were never going to catch Cell One? Shut up.

Verizon beat Cingular 2-1 pre merger -

Pre merger. Nuff said. Two quarters later they've been humiliated to the point where they have totally change retail focus and offerings. In Pulse. What a joke. Shut up again.

Verizon and Nextel below 2% churn -

Check your numbers again. Verizon was almost 2.5% churn bucky. Nextel is the only carrier sub 2% churn and they cant add a sub to save their life. Hello Sprint purchase. And if you want to talk "pre merger" Cingular was a...
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VZWVan

Mar 30, 2005, 7:31 PM
hot_md_guy said:
You are quite simply the biggest homer I've EVER seen.

Says the guy who can't even get his facts right. Read on.

Cingular bought a bunch of customers -

Ok, point taken. AND WHAT DID VERIZON DO?!?! Hello, didn't Bell Atlantic and other companies merge in 1999 because they were never going to catch Cell One? Shut up.

Shut up yourself. Verizon BUILT UP their customer base by adding customers for SEVERAL quarters at a rate no one else could match. It wasn't all the merger. But cingular being #1 in customer count (for now) is.

Verizon beat Cingular 2-1 pre merger -

Pre merger. Nuff said. Two quarters later they've been humiliated to the point whe
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BigRob

Mar 30, 2005, 10:37 PM
You both are a bunch of retards! Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics! Even if you win, you're still retarded!
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edwcarter

Mar 31, 2005, 1:31 AM
BigRob, wouldn't this also make you a retard as well for joining the argument??
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puertorok

Mar 31, 2005, 1:31 PM
LMAO!!!!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
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BigRob

Mar 31, 2005, 8:05 PM
I'm not arguing anything. Merely stating a fact.
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muchdrama

Mar 31, 2005, 12:30 PM
VZWVan said:
hot_md_guy said:
You are quite simply the biggest homer I've EVER seen.

Says the guy who can't even get his facts right. Read on.

Cingular bought a bunch of customers -

Ok, point taken. AND WHAT DID VERIZON DO?!?! Hello, didn't Bell Atlantic and other companies merge in 1999 because they were never going to catch Cell One? Shut up.

Shut up yourself. Verizon BUILT UP their customer base by adding customers for SEVERAL quarters at a rate no one else could match. It wasn't all the merger. But cingular being #1 in customer count (for now) is.

Verizon beat Cingular 2-1 pre merger -

Pre merger. Nuff said. Two quarters later they've
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Xzavier21

Mar 31, 2005, 5:21 PM
not that it matter but most of nextels acc are large business, and when you per say have a business acc w/ 100 lines, they are usuall yless prone to move to get better deals...... businesss acc have lower churn then consumer acc
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MattFoleyJr

Mar 31, 2005, 6:09 PM
I think it's a conspiracy, and we are all being fooled into beleiving this. The truth is that Bob's Wireless in Shakerag, TN is the best carrier. Read it and weap boys!

I also think Bill Gates is trying to get into our heads by using our phones. Why Bill Gates? Why not Bill Gates? In fact, he's already in our heads.

Next week, there will be a special report coming out about which carrier kills dolphins because the frequency they use for the GSMCDMATDMABLAHBLAH handsets matches the frequency

Why dolphins? Because.

What does this have to do with anything? I forgot.

Raise your hand if you work for wireless company and have nothing better to do then get into a virtual "pissing" match about who's company can beat up who's compa...
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blatch

Mar 31, 2005, 6:34 PM
That's a great opinion for someone living in a van down by the river 😲
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joef3

Mar 30, 2005, 7:10 PM
😈 😈 😈 OmFg PwNtz!!! 😈 😈 😈
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mycool

Mar 31, 2005, 1:10 AM
sucks to be you... over in Michigan they have Minute Packs for VZW which blow GoPhone/TakeCharge out of the water... better minute values AND no auto payment required.
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Nos4a2

Mar 31, 2005, 7:43 PM
Umm... guys... that's nice and all, but...

"U.S. Cellular took top honors with just 38 complaints per million."

We're not the biggest. Don't really wanna be. We're just doing our thing, which is to say that not doing it bigger, but doing it better.
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