Comments on: Why People Hate Cell Phone Companies http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/ How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: helicuss http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-236 helicuss Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:27:56 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/#comment-236 cell phone companies differ no more than any other company, They are there only because they want your money. the more money they can get without going over the compeditors defiantly low price, the more profits they'll get. more often they'll offer the phone usage price $15.00-$20.00 lower than the leading compeditor, and highten the connection, or some other line-fee in claiming it's some other regulated fee that we'll never be able to figure out without breaking out the all knowing magnifying glass, and a copy and paste legal aid. These companies are all sham, and anyone with a degree in rubix cube, or nintendo can easily spot this out with a dirty finger. you all sit here and try to tell me that one companies better than the other.... NOT. there is no company out there who can honestly say that they care about their customers beyond the slap on the ass as they pass you on the internet around billing time. They all want your money, and they'll all do whatever it takes to raise the price eccostentially beyond limits as long as the other leading companies will follow, or lead the way. the end..... nothing further!!! cell phone companies differ no more than any other company, They are there only because they want your money. the more money they can get without going over the compeditors defiantly low price, the more profits they’ll get. more often they’ll offer the phone usage price $15.00-$20.00 lower than the leading compeditor, and highten the connection, or some other line-fee in claiming it’s some other regulated fee that we’ll never be able to figure out without breaking out the all knowing magnifying glass, and a copy and paste legal aid. These companies are all sham, and anyone with a degree in rubix cube, or nintendo can easily spot this out with a dirty finger. you all sit here and try to tell me that one companies better than the other…. NOT. there is no company out there who can honestly say that they care about their customers beyond the slap on the ass as they pass you on the internet around billing time. They all want your money, and they’ll all do whatever it takes to raise the price eccostentially beyond limits as long as the other leading companies will follow, or lead the way. the end….. nothing further!!!

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Brian Armstrong Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:36:13 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/#comment-235 Good to see another perspective, I'm sure they are not all bad people, thank you! Good to see another perspective, I’m sure they are not all bad people, thank you!

]]> By: me http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-234 me Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:27:37 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/#comment-234 As someone who worked for T-Mobile, who was one of the smaller companies back when WLNP (transfering numbers from one company to another) was released, I can say T-Mobile was looking forward to WLNP and benefited when WLNP happened. (Employees got shifted to help the Activations dept.) I was told that before the government mandated that WLNP was to be required, the earlier answer was the WLNP was prohibited. Phone companies were assigned their own NPA/NXX's (Area code + 3 digit prefixes that follow) and regulations weren't allowing them to be giving/taking NPA/NXXs that were assigned to other companies. So that's why nobody offered WLNP before the government insisted it was required. As someone who worked for T-Mobile, who was one of the smaller companies back when WLNP (transfering numbers from one company to another) was released, I can say T-Mobile was looking forward to WLNP and benefited when WLNP happened. (Employees got shifted to help the Activations dept.) I was told that before the government mandated that WLNP was to be required, the earlier answer was the WLNP was prohibited. Phone companies were assigned their own NPA/NXX’s (Area code + 3 digit prefixes that follow) and regulations weren’t allowing them to be giving/taking NPA/NXXs that were assigned to other companies. So that’s why nobody offered WLNP before the government insisted it was required.

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Brian Armstrong Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:22:11 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/#comment-233 David Pogue wrote about this in more detail here: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/iphoneatt-billuh-oh/ David Pogue wrote about this in more detail here: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/iphoneatt-billuh-oh/

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Brian Armstrong Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:03:52 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/#comment-232 Ryan, you're right...locking phones is another big mistake they're making. Thanks for the info on pre-paid plans! Brian Ryan, you’re right…locking phones is another big mistake they’re making. Thanks for the info on pre-paid plans!
Brian

]]> By: Ryan http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Ryan Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/94/why-people-hate-cell-phone-companies/#comment-231 Brian, you are totally right about cell phone companies in the States. People probably wouldn't mind being locked into plans so much if the bills weren't so ridiculous and if the cell phone companies offered decent service. For example, as a guy living abroad now and someone who travels overseas often when living in the States, I wish that American cell phone companies would leave their phone unlocked. When I am in Bulgaria, for example, shouldn't I be able to put a Bulgarian SIM card in my Cingular/AT&T phone and have it work? Why is my phone "locked" into just their service? That is total crap! Fortunately, some of the prepaid phone services are finally competitive. Cnet.com has a great article outlining how to go about getting a prepaid phone. Check it out at http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3504_7-6260217-1.html Ryan Brian, you are totally right about cell phone companies in the States. People probably wouldn’t mind being locked into plans so much if the bills weren’t so ridiculous and if the cell phone companies offered decent service. For example, as a guy living abroad now and someone who travels overseas often when living in the States, I wish that American cell phone companies would leave their phone unlocked. When I am in Bulgaria, for example, shouldn’t I be able to put a Bulgarian SIM card in my Cingular/AT&T phone and have it work? Why is my phone “locked” into just their service? That is total crap!

Fortunately, some of the prepaid phone services are finally competitive. Cnet.com has a great article outlining how to go about getting a prepaid phone. Check it out at http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3504_7-6260217-1.html

Ryan

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