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    Verizon is evil

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by pazsion, Jul 5, 2011.

  1. pazsion

    pazsion Newbie

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    I no longer wish to use verizon, I would love to use frawg! Or any provider offering unlimited everything for $50 or less... :D

    How do i go about switching? It uses a gobi 2000! the sim says vodaphone on it?

    It'd be nice to use a sim and not a usb stick!

    I would also like to change the IMEI number, since it's no longer secure. I found that verizon likes to sell this info to advertisers...probably why it got hacked... :(
     
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    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I started using Verizon in 2006. I have the unlimited plan. A couple of months ago they cut my signal from around 2meg to .5 meg. I called them and talked with them over a period of two weeks and it did absolutely no good. They have no care for the individual customer because there are few wireless carriers and they loose nothing by treating us the customer this way. I am letting my brother use the wireless modem and pay the bill. He calls them several times a week and gets vulgar with them about the speed. I have moved on and am using DSL Extreme. Verizon wanted to sell me there DSL service but I politely explained to them that they were not needed and me and the wife have come to the end of our cell phone contracts with them recently and did not choose to use Verizon for this either. If I can help it I will never use anything that involves Verizon as long as I live.
     
    reb1, Jul 6, 2011
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