[geeks] Opinions on T-Mobile and Verizon

[Phil Stracchino]

James Fogg wrote:
> And, does it matter? Most things you want to do can be done with a
> work-around. VZ has begun to welcome using a cell phone as a modem,
> sometimes even by Bluetooth (more often by USB). I find only children
> use the big pay-for features like sending photos, watching videos and
> continual TXTing.

Since I don't like carrying a full-size camera around with me wherever I
go, and detest little deck-of-cards cameras with little pinhead controls
designed for people with fingers half the size of mine, probably 99% of
the time the camera on my phone - which isn't a great camera, but isn't
horrible, either - is The Camera I Have With Me.  And should I end up
using it for something, I'll be damned of I'll pay a per-shot fee to
email the photos to myself because Verizon saw fit to disable the
capability the manufacturer built in to upload directly to my computer.
 Likewise quite a few other features.  If I want a specific ring for a
specific person, the choice between "edit the perfect sample on my own
computer and download it for free" vs. "pay Verizon money for some lame
ring tone that barely even approximates what I want, or do without" is a
no-brainer.

Coverage will progressively improve, but I will not reward Verizon for
crippling my phone so that they can charge me more money to do things
the manufacturer built into it in the first place.  And I'll be damned
if I will ever again give Sprint-Nextel the opportunity to say "What,
did we say full signal at your location?  Oops, we meant to say NO
SIGNAL WHATSOEVER at your location.  Tough, we've got your money now, so
fuck off."


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