I would agree with MT, then. If you purchased the phone, it was not under the governance of any contract of Verizon as if you would have purchased it as a package.
If you are paying the bill and your phone hacks do not steal services, I would fully support you. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:35 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Verizon, WTF Exactly Gel. However, I had purchased the phone outright and did not get it with a new plan. > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] the phones aren't yours. > You purchase them under a service contract agreement. > > Unless you purchase your phone at Retail without a plan (which costs > more) you are essentially 'renting' their phone. > > They upcharge on extra services, such as this data package etc. and > probably charge you to upgrade your firmware as well. > > So upcharging for these services is part of their business plan and > how they try to recoup the cost of subsidising the phones I suppose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193448 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
