Nearly 20,000 rural Verizon Wireless customers in states like Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana are being notified their cell service is being terminated because they spend too much time roaming outside of a Verizon Wireless coverage area. Verizon Wireless won’t say exactly how many customers it recently sent letters to advising them that because …
Voters in Michigan, North Dakota and Montana voted for Trump. So welcome to Ajit Pai and Trump’s free market and open competition! Even though Pai admits that “wireless service in rural areas still lags the national averages".
BTW, Verizon owns Tumblr.
Verizon Wireless won’t say exactly how many customers it recently sent letters to advising them that because they have used “a significant amount of data while roaming off the Verizon Wireless network,” their service will be terminated Oct. 17.
Verizon denies reports as many as 19,000 customers are losing service as a result of the purge, but their representatives are routinely quoting that number to customers and officials calling Verizon to complain.
Customers have no recourse and if they don’t port their number to another service provider by the termination date, their number will be disconnected and lost for good. The only good news? Verizon wants to disconnect customers so badly, they are willing to forgive the remaining owed balances for any devices financed through Verizon.
