Has Verizon Wireless Violated Its Own Terms Of Ser

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Has Verizon Wireless Violated Its Own Terms Of Service In Its Own TV Commercial? Has Verizon Wireless Violated Its Own Terms Of Service In Its Own TV Commercial? by paulxty

Over the last year, Verizon Wireless has been repeatedly slammed online for their misleading tactic of selling their wireless EVDO service as ?unlimited? but then cutting off users who use too much. For a while this was a ?fuzzy cap? where they wouldn?t even tell you how much. It was estimated at 10gigs per month, though more recent comments from the company suggest that it?s actually 5 gigs. As for why this isn?t false advertising, Verizon Wireless execs have been doing some fancy footwork to explain how they mean ?unlimited amounts of data for certain types of data.? Then, they claim that if you use more than 5 gigs a month, the only way you could possibly be doing so is if you?ve been using that data that isn?t unlimited ? and, in fact, isn?t allowed. That would include things like videos. Understood? They claim it?s ?very clear.? Apparently, however, it?s not so clear to whoever Verizon Wireless had create their TV advertisements. PCS Intel is noting that a new TV commercial for the Motorola Q phone on Verizon Wireless shows it streaming video ? which, if you recall, is a big no-no, and the type of thing that will get you kicked off the network. There are some cases where you can stream video: if you are watching it through Verizon Wireless? walled garden ?V-CAST? service ? but PCS Intel points out that V-CAST isn?t actually available on the Motorola Q. So, at what point does it become false advertising? They talked their way out of the phrase ?unlimited? by using corporate doublespeak. How do they explain away their own commercial showing people streaming video against their terms of service?

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