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November 14th, 2008

The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:07 pm

Categories: AT&T, Apple, General, Mobile, RIM, Research In Motion, Verizon, Wired & Wireless

Tags: Agency, Verizon Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Verizon Wireless really wants to keep me around. I could get into this free agency thing.

By total coincidence my contract is up just as RIM launches the Storm on its network. First I get the invite to a private sale, which is a touch misleading (click to enlarge).

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The invite implies that I show up and can walk out with a Storm (all ZDNet content). That’s how I took it. In reality, I show up and give information so I get it on the 21st or sometime next week. It’s a preorder.

I’m also getting two free months for renewing.

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These offers wouldn’t have happened if Verizon wasn’t worried about Apple’s iPhone and AT&T hurting its churn rates.

Larry DignanLarry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless
My contract expires later this month, so worth a try. The Storm looks like a pretty cool phone and should give Apple/AT&T a run.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Pdubious Posted on: 11/16/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
I might agree they will take a quarterly hit  GuidingLight | 11/14/08
So, Larry...  MGP2 | 11/14/08
very true...other details  Larry DignanZDNet Moderator | 11/15/08
RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless  SkateNY | 11/14/08
RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless  SkateNY | 11/14/08
It looked so nice....  MGP2 | 11/15/08
RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless  kellycarter | 11/15/08
RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless  kellycarter | 11/15/08
RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless  robertjm123 | 11/16/08
RE: The perks of free agency with Verizon Wireless  Pdubious | 11/16/08

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