I’ve been a Verizon customer for years. Their network coverage is superior to all others, but…
I have one rant about them…
I recently bought a Blackberry and am paying them for voice and data service. This Blackberry has an internal GPS that *should* be accessible to any application that I install on my device. I recently installed Google Maps and the location service is less than accurate because it’s only using cell tower triangulation to approximate a location. Apparently, Verizon disables the internal GPS on almost all Blackberry devices on their network!
What gives them the right to disable functionality on a device that I own, just because I pay them for voice and data service??
What’s interesting is that Verizon just happens to offer a service called VZW Navigator that will use the internal GPS for location services… and they want me to pay $9.99 a month to use a GPS that I already own!!!
That’s total bullcrap!! You know it, I know it and I’m sure that Verizon knows it too!
I love Verizon’s voice and data service, but I think that the FTC needs to step in and take care of this!
