Wireless data services shape up at Verizon

Verizon Wireless announced that its cellular data services now generate revenue rivaling what some phone companies gain by selling DSL, as more U.S. consumers use their cell phones like PCs.

According to financial data released Tuesday, Verizon Wireless subscribers generated $255 million in revenue during the last three months by sending or downloading record numbers of short text messages, photo messages and game or business applications.

By comparison, Verizon Communications' DSL revenue accounted for $300 million, according to the company's second-quarter financial results.

U.S. service providers believe that text messages, ring tones and more expensive features, like wireless broadband and video streaming, will combat the steep drops in revenue from voice calls, now a commodity because of fierce competition. But for years, it was a tough sell, mainly because wireless networks were too slow, and handsets were too unsophisticated to accommodate anything more than simple services like short-text messaging.

But during the past two years, wireless carriers have sped up their networks at least fourfold, and color-screen cell phones have become the norm rather than the exception. That's helped increase the popularity of data services, according to analysts and service providers.

"Wireless data is now a billion-dollar industry," Doreen Toben, chief financial officer at Verizon Communications, told financial analysts.

Verizon Wireless is not the only carrier claiming that the wireless data mind-set is starting to change among U.S. cell phone customers. Cingular Wireless, the nation's second-largest cell phone service provider, recently said its wireless data revenue during the last three months more than doubled compared with a year ago.

VERIZON WIRELESS - They never stop scamming You

ARTICLE - Verizon they never stop scamming you
29 September, 2005 by admin

Verizon Wireless Services provides people with customer service that is below "Consumer Friendly" - they provide horrible service and lie to its customers

Can you hear me now? We wish Verizon Wireless did but unfortunately that?s not the case. At Verizon Wireless, they strive to destroy people?s lives and peoples credit reporting scores, that?s why looking for a cellular provider may be beneficial if you want to have a provider you can count on.. Hundreds of people a day report that Verizon Wireless has messed up on their bills, have charged them for services not received and have been charge disconnect fees when they were advised by the customer service associates this would not occur. Many people also have reported that their credit ratings have gone down simply because Verizon has reported they charged off their accounts When infact that never really occurred.

In a recent conversation Elizabeth Sturgis, Executive relations for VERIZON WIRELESS clearly stated that once an account has bee ?charged off" and is placed on your credit report you will have to wait 7 years for it to be removed... "Even if you pay off a charged off account, we legally can not remove it from your credit report" she stated via phone and in a letter. Other executives at Verizon Wireless like Mr. Scharnikow is not consumer friendly and insisted that if you owe a debt regardless of how much it is (Even if its $1.00) it will be placed on someone?s credit bureau report and wont be removed.

We have finally found a website doing something about peoples problems with Verizon Wireless. VerizonWirelessEatspoop.com (AKA: VerizonSuxs.com) has a complaint section on his website where people can report his/her problems. He also has a store front and posts his own problems he has encountered.

For more information on this website please visit one of the following links:

http://www.VerizonSuxs.com
or
http://www.VerizonWirelessEatspoop.com


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Verizon Wireless charges for no service

Recently, I am trying to disconnect/stop the Verzon Wireless service. Thay are saying, even if you stop it in the very beginning of the billing cycle, they will charge you for the whole billing cycle, which means, that, you have to pay for no services/products in return. This sounds to me very irrational and the company loses respect and faith from the consumers. I believe, the consumer bureau along with BBB should take care of it, so that, the consumers' right still exists in the industry.
Thanks.