Verizon Introduces New Forward-to-Plane Service
Mar 3, 2004, 11:49 AM by (staff)
Verizon Wireless and Verizon Airfone yesterday announced a new service for Verizon Wireless customers who travel frequently by plane. The $10/month service lets customers forward their Verizon Wireless phone number to their at-seat phone on board any of the more than 2,000 planes served by Verizon Airfone. The service also reduces the in-flight call cost to just $0.10 per minute (normally $3.99 to set up plus $3.99 per minute).
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Oh Wonderful!
*offer newer phones brought to market FASTER, regardless of the comprehensive "testing" they must do to certify them for use. having a phone released that is 6-12 months after it's available to other carriers is unacceptable.
*offer more than the pocketpc smartphones and quickly certify the handspring treo 600 for use on the network.
*offer phones that have bluetooth, while our gsm counterparts have them already.
*reignite relations with sony-ericsson and nokia to give customers better selection then the cookie-cutter lg,samsung,kyocera phones.
*push for mobile phone makers to integrate qualcomm msm6800 processor to enable use on gsm networks when travelling...
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Sorry, I prefer a phone that works rather than just looks cool. Even going CDMA to CDMA... step inside a Sprint store one day and check out their "Technical assitance" area. They swap phone more than...
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