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It’s difficult for me to feel sorry for Big Red, but like the dark side of the force, I let the hatred flow through me. I know that I overpay for my Verizon account. A lot! It’s ridiculous. So much so, and so financially painful for many others, that lots of subscribers have made “the switch” to another carrier. That exodus is now affecting the company’s bottom line.
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The thing is, Verizon has the best coverage of all providers. It’s signal goes everywhere, and it has more LTE locations. But they just put you in a headlock with their egregious terms and contracts. In my mind, I’m okay paying about $40 per month for each phone and $10 for a mobile device. I should get 10GB of data for that. As it stands, I pay more like $70 per month for each phone and get only 4GB of data (shared).<\/p>\n
I’m pretty sure Verizon has a better plan for me, but they aren’t exactly beating down my door to get me to sign up. I’d have to go to Verizon and then — my guess — I’d have to extend all my phone contracts. That’s just a guess, but it’s what I would expect from them and it’s not what I want: More fees.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the bottom line pinch that Big Red is feeling on Wall Street will convince them to provide better service at a better cost? Try not to laugh; it’s worked before.<\/p>\n