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Can you hear us now?

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Well when I have friends around they still want to remain contactable. Equally I would fully expect to be contactable on my mobile when I visited my friends homes.

Otherwise whats the point in carrying the mobile around, I might as well get a voicemail service and check it when I get home!
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I'm glad I dont have to put up with lackluster service like in the States. I get reception everywhere, even in basements, here in Canada.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Add the fact that I can choose from the latest phone technology, not just the crippled CDMA crap that Verizon forces on their indentured customers, and now I'll add the fact that I'm not giving my money to a smug anti-consumer p***ant like (I'll bet HIS mobile works at home) Seidenberg...

You know, I did have Verizon on my land line, but after this, I think I'll find a new local service, too. Hey, Seidenberg, I'm not letting you have any more of my money!

Can you hear me now...?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Makes sense since the CEO is such a dick.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Verizon: "We never stop working for you"
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
But by bringing up the issue he creates the impression that the opposite is true...moron.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
But by bringing up the issue he creates the impression that the opposite is true...moron.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
I don't doubt the quality of your information, but elementary writing skills sure would increase the quality of your comment.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
It works so well, that I turned off the land line last month...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Is he complaining about people complaining or is he dumb enough to think that people shouldn't cell phones really should not work inside a home? Either way he is really shooting himself in the foot.
What we need is some papparazzi to take some photos of this jackass using his cell phone inside his house.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Time for a Verizon CEO who understands teh basics of business.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Shouldn't his customers expect a world class service rather than a second class service ?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
I live in central Florida, and when we were hit hard by the hurricanes last year, the Verizon network was the only one that remained up, with something like a 97% reliability rating during that time. It was incredible how well the Verizon network functioned across the state during those 6 weeks or so of one hurricane after another. No other cellular carrier even came close.

My in-laws live in the mountains of North Carolina, and there too, the best service by far is Verizon.

So don't judge the quality of the service by the bone-headed comments of its CEO. Verizon is better than that.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
I do not regret ever changing to Verizon and last November my wife switched from Sprint when her contract was up. I still get great reception in house or outside.

A friend in rural Connecticut had 1 bar, called Verizon, within a week he had 4-5 bars. Their service rocks and we've not had a problem since.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Also Verizon's logo is a total embarrassment to the Earth. =D]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Watching some of the Verizon Wireless commercials on TV I have noticed quite a few people INDOORS using their Verizon Wireless phones. What gives? Does it mean your Verizon phone will work indoors...as long as it isn't your 'home'?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
Even in the article one gets a better sense of context and the remarks don't seem so dumb.

First, regarding citywide WiFi: he wasn't so much ridiculing the concept of WiFi, but of government attempting to provide it. He's correct in that private industry is far better suited to do that, as govt. tends to do anything it does in a much less efficient manner. In fact, the city of Philadelphia also has such a plan, and it has been ridiculed in third party studies. So I think his commentary is more on the relative efficiencies of govt vs private industry, and in that score he is absolutely right.

As to his comments regarding cellular service, he should have known better and phrased his answer in a more sensitive and articulate fashion. But again, reading the article and seeing his comments in greater context, it makes more sense. He is simply arguing that no cellular network can cover 100%, and that its unrealistic to ask for detailed coverage maps down to the level of individual buildings and homes.

So we need to remember that it is very easy for the press to interview anyone and make them look bad. Granted, as a CEO, this person should know better and have chosen his words more carefully, but let's also remember the flaws of the media, which tends to try to oversensationalize everything. They have their own selfish business interests at heart, and that is creating controversy.

Also, regardless of the comments of the CEO, the Verizon wireless network is absolutely the most superior around.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
If private companies had been responsible for the highway system we'd have 10 highways from boston to new york, none in most the country, and some CEO would be saying "Why do customers think they should have a road all the way to their house? They're so unreasonable."]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
It's a revolution people, not ridicule.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/
You are a moron with Ivan. Europe's landmass is so much smaller than the US. So it's easier for them to get their customers better coverage maps. Also, why do you think there is a trial period with cellular providers here in the US? So people can know if it will work or not and be able to get out of the contract without early termination fees.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/17/verizon-ceo-thinks-its-unreasonable-to-expect-your-cellphone/we want good prices...
we want good sound...
we want our phone to work anywhere...
Next we'll want our phones to work at home.
we're such a bunch of babies...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM