Ha ha
Provide a shit service ...... lose customers
Offer something cheap ..... get some back again.
Sure this isn't Talk Talk?
Verizon today turned in financial results of a nightmare first quarter of 2017 that saw the nation's top wireless carrier shed more than 300,000 postpaid subscribers. This marks the first time Verizon has ever recorded a net loss in customer subscriptions at the end of a quarter, an ominous sign for a telco that has made …
If Verizon starts selling private customer browsing histories for money, and accepting payments to prioritize affiliate's data while blocking competitor access. According to some asshole politcian in their back pocket, if their customers don't like that, they can just "choose not to use the Internet".
OK so maybe 300k customers actually made that choice vs. stick with the devil they know...
I was paying $45/month for unlimited calls/texts and 300MB of data. My new postpaid plan from AT&T gives me unlimited calls/text in all the same regions, but with 6 GB of data, and with autopay it is $40/month so I save $60/year!
After speaking to a rep there are only two differences. One, no phone upgrades - but they had terrible deals so I bought my own 6S plus outright last time instead of getting it through AT&T. Two, it doesn't show up on my credit - maybe that matters for someone who is 20, but if you have a mortgage and several credit cards, your credit score can only be hurt by a postpaid phone plan, not helped.
I think both AT&T and Verizon will start losing postpaid customers at a fast clip once they figure out they're needlessly throwing away money...
So what's S.J.R. 34, the law that killed US Internet privacy?
US Congress Senate Joint Resolution 34
https://www.legiscan.com/US/bill/SJR34/2017
This law, recently signed by The Trump, stops the US FCC (Federal Communications Commission) from doing its job of protecting Internet user privacy. Language within the law stating "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services" is a lie, as was admitted by the Republicans during the US House of Representatives debate of the resolution. Privacy was killed by way of putting the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) in charge of protecting user privacy. However, protecting user privacy is a service the FTC *cannot* legally provide. It would require a new law before the FTC could actuality protect Internet user privacy. Therefore, as of the signing of this law, no federal agency protects Internet user privacy. It therefore constitutes US citizen abuse.
Verizon was one of several lobbying companies who demanded this removal of FCC Internet user privacy regulations. What these Corporatocrats acquired was the right to surveil and collect their Internet user's behavior data whenever they are on the Internet. They also have the right to *sell* that data to anyone they choose. This user data collection is all *without* any US federal administration, observation or approval, as well as *without* Internet user permission. It's pure corporatocracy, aka customer abuse.
Of course, the obvious implication is that the NSA (National Security Agency) can ask for and receive this US citizen surveillance data from any ISP (Internet Service Provider) at any time via a national security letter.
This law is in direct conflict with the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, quoted below:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Lawsuits are pending. Please support the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) !
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