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Verizon wireless being evil is exactly why I stuck with T-Mobile for such a long time even as they keep making billing "mistakes" to the tune of about ten dollars every month for a while. (I believe they're just supremely incompetent but the errors somehow always are to their benefit.) With Verizon or Cingular, I assume it is just pure malice.

I've talked to people about how Verizon is trying to use its network as an advantage for advertising with supercookies and such on one end and Yahoo!/Aol on the other end but it seems to alarm nobody.




Can I ask what some examples of these "mistakes" are?

P.S. also, was Cingular a joke about AT&T? I think I missed what the joke is...


Two in particular.

1. Cramming https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/t-mobile-gives-u...

2. They had a "free for life" 200MB? data plan for the Nexus 7 tablet kept billing me every month. It was a monthly ritual for about six months. Call, explain, get adjusted.


Huh, I see, thanks for mentioning this! I'll have to let people know to watch out...




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