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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / January 2004Any VZW Promo/Plan/Phone Announcements Today 1/29?
Some posters on Howards Forums claiming to be VZW employees said there were supposed to be some big announcements today 1/29 about promos, plans and phones. They said, for example, that we would hear about Verizon's plans for the future direction of PTT. Now this day has come and is almost gone, but those same posters at HoFo seem to have gone silent and I haven't heard anything more about any big announcements. Does anyone know if there were any major announcements by VZW today other than financial news and corporate bragging about how many net new subscribers switched into Verizon Wireless in the last period due to number portability? > Does anyone know if there were any major announcements by VZW today > other than financial news and corporate bragging about how many net > new subscribers switched into Verizon Wireless in the last period due > to number portability? Not sure if this qualifies for "major" but they introduced a new phone today-- the LG 4500. It's a juiced up 4400 but dual mode only- no AMPS coverage. Doc What zip are you in? I just checked my zip (48335) and the 4500 is not up there yet. MI always seems to be last when VZW launches new products and plans. I just ordered a V60s through the mail. It still hasn't come yet, which I'm wondering if they are discontinued completely because I have not received it yet. I am starting to wonder if I should shoot for the 4500 if they are out of the v60s. I don't really need analog, anywhere I have gone I have been in Digital Service either on VZW or a roaming partner. We'll see what happens with the v60s issue. > > Does anyone know if there were any major announcements by VZW today > > other than financial news and corporate bragging about how many net [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Doc I don't see it on the Phones page at Verizon yet, but the official announcement saying it will be available today is on the verizonwireless.com website under About/News. The 4500 looks like a sweet phone with lots of bells and whistles. On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 03:18:47 GMT, ",.·` Adam `·.," <i@hatespam.go.away.com> wrote: >What zip are you in? I just checked my zip (48335) and the 4500 is not up >there yet. MI always seems to be last when VZW launches new products and [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> Doc > > > Does anyone know if there were any major announcements by VZW today > > > other than financial news and corporate bragging about how many net [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > there yet. MI always seems to be last when VZW launches new products and > plans. Atlanta. I tried one out in a company store yesterday. Doc > What zip are you in? I just checked my zip (48335) > and the 4500 is not up there yet. Although ZIP can be important, I have found that your plan is just as important. Non tri-mode phone will not appear on the upgrade web page if you are on a National Single Rate Plan. Because VZW does not allow non tri-mode phones on that plan. Example, I have a 4400 and the NSR plan. I cannot upgrade to the 6000 on that plan and the 6000 does not appear on MY VZW web page. -Frank > Some posters on Howards Forums claiming to be VZW employees said there > were supposed to be some big announcements today 1/29 about promos, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > new subscribers switched into Verizon Wireless in the last period due > to number portability? Plan minutes aren't changing. MTM will now be called "In Network" and all single rate plans $39.99 and up have it unlimited instead of 1000. 4500 is now available in most places. Samsung 610 out around Feb. 10th, Kycocera slider in March sometime. PTT imo is going to be on back burner as far as advertising goes and will be revamped this year. Thats just my feel on it. Verizon picked up over a million customers in 4th quarter, now around 37.5 million total. KC >Plan minutes aren't changing. MTM will now be called "In Network" and all >single rate plans $39.99 and up have it unlimited instead of 1000. 4500 is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >KC KC, Will the "In Network" offer be a limited-time promotional offer or is it a reasonably permanent change in the way M2M minutes are sold? Is there much risk this unlimited In Network promo won't be available if I wait six months before I decide to add it to my plan (since I understand it requires a contract extension)? I have always found your posts to be both informative and reliable. Thanks for your contributions to this newsgroup. George >Plan minutes aren't changing. MTM will now be called "In Network" and all >single rate plans $39.99 and up have it unlimited instead of 1000. >KC KC, Can you define "In Network" for us in terms of the new M2M coverage area? Does "network" apply only to Verizon's native network or will it also include the extended network (with blinking black triangle indicator)? Obviously, it will not apply to true roaming (solid black triangle indicator). - George > >Plan minutes aren't changing. MTM will now be called "In Network" and all > >single rate plans $39.99 and up have it unlimited instead of 1000. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > - George Its still the regular MTM rate area, so only Verizon's native areas. I heard a rumor last year that Verizon would soon be including Alltel's areas as the MTM area also but haven't heard anything about since. As for your question on the other reply, I am sure its a promotional type thing but will be running for most of the year if I had to guess but can't say for sure. You never know when they may change something around. KC >> Can you define "In Network" for us in terms of the new M2M coverage >> area? Does "network" apply only to Verizon's native network or will [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >KC In no way altering what you are saying, it would make sense. Some 2 or 3 years ago, Alltel in the Carolinas began considering all of NC/SC as a local area; they and Verizon, BY MY ESTIMATE ONLY, each cover about 75% of the population natively (Verizon, again estimate only, 50% geography, Alltel 70% ... three major areas of overlap) and M2M applies throughout. George The announcement will be on Feb 2 (anonymous employee) > Some posters on Howards Forums claiming to be VZW employees said there > were supposed to be some big announcements today 1/29 about promos, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > new subscribers switched into Verizon Wireless in the last period due > to number portability? |
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