George Rogato wrote: > Words huh, thats the issue isn't it. You know how this stuff works, a > customer calls cingular, sprint, verizon, and they get told barely the > facts and then their bill comes in much higher with added costs.
This only happens if you don't read the contract. (I feel that anyone who signs up for this kind of service online or over the phone is nuts. Go to the store - there's about five of them in every major shopping mall in this country - and READ THE BLEEPING CONTRACT.) I've bought a few cell phones and signed a few contracts in my day, and as contracts go, the language is generally pretty clear. If something doesn't make sense, it's in the salesperson's best interest to try to explain it, clearly and accurately, so you don't return the phone or data card. (Said contracts usually have an escape clause in the first two to four weeks.) > I had a sub have me do a site survey last week. I Couldn't give him > service and explained his options to him. Verizon told him that their > cellular broadband was much much faster than qwest dsl and he could take > it anywhere. > > A blatant lie told to an unsuspecting customer. This statement may be potentially misleading, but I don't see where it's untrue. A wireless broadband card can be faster than a low-quality DSL connection, and as long as you append "anywhere you can receive cell signal" to the sentence, it's technically correct. It's like saying "how fast is a car?" Is your car a shiny new Mustang or a thirty-year-old rusty pickup? You can't compare "wireless" to "DSL," period. There's more to it than just a name. David Smith MVN.net -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
