always to companys fault

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

I wonder if he contacted Verizon before contacting the media and what their stance on his bill was.

I believe the stance was probably, "Fuck you, pay me."

If a PHONE company can't CALL you when your bill is going off the charts, something's wrong.

JC

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by unknownroad

Take the hit for what? It sure as shit didn't cost VZN 21 large to provide that service.

So why have $60 phone bills if it doesn't cost Verizon anything? Let's regulate the price down to $30 or fuck it FREE. No one is allowed to make money but "us".

Besides do you have any idea how much money it costs to up keep a communications network? Between my work truck, me, and my partner my company charges the phone company $200 an hour and we are just little piss ants.

But you guys are saints. I'm sure if your company suddenly decided to pay you an extra $100,000 that was WITHIN your contract that you'd say "It's okay guys, that's too much for me so take it back".

[fasternyou929]

Congratulations, your post was so fucking dumb it actually gave me a headache. Where's the Excedrin?

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

So why have $60 phone bills if it doesn't cost Verizon anything? Let's regulate the price down to $30 or fuck it FREE. No one is allowed to make money but "us".

Read it again, he didn't say it didn't cost them anything. He said it didn't cost them $21,000. Sixty is reasonable monthly service charge, $21,000 is NOT. If you can't understand that, you're always going to have a job with your name on your shirt.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Besides do you have any idea how much money it costs to up keep a communications network?

As a matter of fact, I do. In 1996 I was a cellular infrastructure engineer and I've been in the mobile industry since. Cell towers, cell phones, you name it. And no, it didn't cause $21,000 in equipment degradation to move 1.4GB of data.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Between my work truck, me, and my partner my company charges the phone company $200 an hour and we are just little piss ants.

Compared to the billions it cost to build the network, your $200/hr. isn't even a blip on the radar. But the cost to build a network is supported by government incentives and millions of subscribers paying an affordable monthly rate. Not by gouging some poor bastard with a 13 year that... holy shit, uses the internet a lot!

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

But you guys are saints. I'm sure if your company suddenly decided to pay you an extra $100,000 that was WITHIN your contract that you'd say "It's okay guys, that's too much for me so take it back".

Did you and Ed go to the same school?

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Did you and Ed stand outside of the same school?

Fixed.

JC

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Sixty is reasonable monthly service charge, $21,000 is NOT.

Really? $60 a month is reasonable? What about $65 or $100 a month? Or what about $20 a month? Who determines what is reasonable? You?

How much it costs the company to send the data is not necesarrily the point (it still costs to upkeep the infrastructure). The guy signed a contract and decided he didn't want the data plan. Sorry that the guy is a dumbass but he signed it and agreed that if he downloaded apps, music, games, etc that he'd pay for the data transfer.

None of this would be a problem if the father bought a data plan (even if unlimited is 5GBs then the kid would have been fine) for a little extra. Or better yet if the father took responsibility of his kid.

I don't believe the father's story of "I called verizon to have them turn it off" but if he did and they charged him then I'd side with the father. Until then, I want the government to hold him up to the contract he signed unless Verizon decides out of the goodness of their hearts or a coin flip to waive the fees.

By the way I suggest children's tylenol for you.

[RACER X]

DING DING DING..............round 2

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Really? $60 a month is reasonable? What about $65 or $100 a month? Or what about $20 a month? Who determines what is reasonable? You?
.

Right on man, $60, $100, $21,000....its all the same.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Right on man, $60, $100, $21,000....its all the same.

Well what if they decide to raise their rates to $21,000 a month? Who's job is it to determine what their plan is worth?

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Well what if they decide to raise their rates to $21,000 a month? Who's job is it to determine what their plan is worth?

Ideally? Angered citizens with torches and pitchforks by the hundreds marching to Verizon corporate headquarters.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Ideally? Angered citizens with torches and pitchforks by the hundreds marching to Verizon corporate headquarters.

Why not march over to T-mobile or AT&T?

Angered citizens with torches and pitchforks will be stopped by police. Angered citizens going to T-mobile will hurt those "Fat cat CEOs" more than threats of violence.