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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:07:10 -0400, "Christian" <nomail@nomail.com>
wrote:
>I think Verizon is eliminating the National SingleRate. In the Nashville,
>TN market the National SingleRate is not listed. In the Washington D.C.
>market the National SingleRate is listed.
The NationalAccess "minutes" plan (600 mins/$75, etc.) *is* NSR for
the most part.
I wouldn't be surprised if VZW eventually does away with roaming
charges on AC and turns AC into a true national plan, given Cingular's
and SPCS's national plans and the fact that as VZW renegotiates
roaming agreements with other carriers and fixes large problem areas
(Kentucky, various areas served by USCC, etc.), the places where VZW
is still getting "gouged" by other carriers are getting fewer and
fewer, to the point where the impact of high-cost off-net roaming on
VZW's bottom line should be minimal.
(Sometimes I wish VZW would take a very hard line toward other
carriers -- i.e., pull roaming with them entirely if they won't
cooperate -- like Cingular [Wilkes Cellular] and AT&T [Sussex
Cellular/SciTel] have been known to do, if only to get certain problem
CDMA carriers, namely Inland Cellular in Washington state, to shape
up.
)
-SC
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