Question about all the VZW fans apparently present in the att forum
Also, companies care when you roam. It cost money and all but I think the point is that Verizon is not going to dumb you as a customer if you’re roaming a lot. They are not going to send you a Thank You card or anything but neither will they turn the phone off.
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If you roam enough they have the right to turn off your service.
I have some family in Lubbock, they had Alltel (Verizon bought Alltel), and switch over to Verizon last week because there contract was up. Verizon is now able to port numbers over from Alltel in a NON-Verizon area now.
So in your area, if you had Alltel, AT&T, and what ever els yall have there, you would be able to port your number over to Verizon. This can only be done tho in the markets Verizon is taking over, which Lubbock is a market Verizon will take over.
the point is tho that if you are an existing customer and you move to a non service area, and ALL OF YOUR CALLS are on extended network, Verizon does not shut you off. YES its worded in the contract that they can, but it has not yet happened.
show us one example of when verizon shut someone off for roaming? get your google on. you probably wont find one, because they dont do it. the other companies do.
I actually know someone who lives in CANADA but travels to the US for work sometimes. he has VZW on a nationwide + canada plan. 90% of his calls are in candada, n...
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MidnightDT said:...
they dont want people to roam all the time, it costs them money. that, along with fcc guidelines, is the reason they dont sign up new customers in areas they do not service.
the point is tho that if you are an existing customer and you move to a non service area, and ALL OF YOUR CALLS are on extended network, Verizon does not shut you off. YES its worded in the contract that they can, but it has not yet happened.
show us one example of when verizon shut someone off for roaming? get your google on. you probably wont find one, because they dont do it. the other companies do.
I actually know someone who lives in CANADA but travels to the US for work sometimes. he has VZW on a nationwide + canada pla
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No one is arguing that these customers cost the company some money. what we are saying is that they won't force you to leave. If you found a local carrier, or another national carrier that worked where you needed it would make sense to move to them. Verizon wouldn't have to worry about roaming and (more importantly) in extended network they cannot provide the same service they can in native network, and you would be with a network where you could access all the services offered.
there is a big difference between disconnecting your service, and allowing you to leave because they could not offer you the service you are paying for.
So if you want a phone, set it up with a number where verizon does offer service and then use it at your house. If you are correct, make sure to send us all a picture where verizon will cut you off for roaming. We'll be waiting.
I own Verizon stores and I am telling you that YOU ARE WRONG. Who gives a rats behind on here but you probably are spewing this incorrect information to customers as well which is bad for business.
When we acquired alltel, there was a whole host of information about "trust" zones, or areas where alltel customers could not be ported in, nor could you offer them service because even though they were registered customers, they could not be considered part of Alltel. This was required training for all stores, even those not near the trust zone. I don't work in one, but I know
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Cellphonejocky said:
I have family in Lubbock and I know this is fake. They have a AL area code from when they lived in AL 4 years ago. If the customer Roams, the customer can shurt there service off if they wish with no ETF, but Verizon wouldn't do it. Verizon could care less if you Roam 24 7.
🤣 Dude, you're a riot! I think it's hilarious that anyone out there actually believes that Verizon is some big charity that lets people use other networks 24/7 while footing the bill. You must work for the government.
Cellphonejocky said:
Verizon could care less if you Roam 24 7.
You keep thinking that.
Good luck in your misguided life.
I had this class in high school. If I can remember correctly it was called consumer's math. You should look and see if your high school offers it. It taught me A LOT about simple business math and thought processes.
Cellphonejocky said:
I can tell you do not know what you are talking about. You know Verizon does not cut people off for Roaming.
Of course they don't! Why would they want to go and do something like that? I mean, don't they make enough money overcharging everyone else to cover for those who roam all the time? 🤣
Sprint beats them because their network is signifigantly smaller, the same with Tmobile and regional carriers.
You seem to assume that networks are just "free" to operate and maintain.
After all, if all the VZW fanboys are correct, it would only be a few areas here and there they would need to cover anyway.
Cellphonejocky said:
Because CDMA covers more of the US then GSM. What they need is add CDMA to AT&T and T-Mobile's phone so they can Roam and service in rural area, like the Smokey Mountains National Park where Verizon is the only thing that works there. No Alltel, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, USCC, Cricket, ect. haha! 🤣
Sprint works there.
Cellphonejocky said:
It Roams off VZW. When in Gatlinburg, it may work, but when your get in the National Park, only Verizon works.
And when you're in Birchwood or Etowah TN and have Verizon, you're roaming off of Sprint. So what?
Why doesn't ATT, Tmobile and the like add CDMA roaming to their phones? This would improve their network coverage more than it would Help Verizon's, especially when it comes to 3g capability.
Menno said:
They don't do it because there is no reason to do so. They are a CDMA company.
Why doesn't ATT, Tmobile and the like add CDMA roaming to their phones? This would improve their network coverage more than it would Help Verizon's, especially when it comes to 3g capability.
Actually, that's not a bad idea, but that isn't the point of my question.
The point is that if Verizon can offer this so-called "unlimited" roaming, why not go ahead and throw in GSM roaming too? They may be a CDMA company, but they do offer global dual mode phones, right?
If they are already making phones like that, then why not add domestic GSM roaming into the mix? Some of the newer VZW world phones will roam i ...
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